From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 19 08:25:28 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00E7716A4B3 for ; Sun, 19 Oct 2003 08:25:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (trang.nuxi.com [66.93.134.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F06F43FB1 for ; Sun, 19 Oct 2003 08:25:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.com) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h9JFPPJC077300; Sun, 19 Oct 2003 08:25:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.com) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h9JFPOpf077299; Sun, 19 Oct 2003 08:25:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 08:25:24 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" To: John-Mark Gurney Message-ID: <20031019152524.GB77230@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <7842.1066492471@critter.freebsd.dk> <3F916974.5030502@acm.org> <20031018233459.GF42635@funkthat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031018233459.GF42635@funkthat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT Organization: The NUXI BSD Group X-Pgp-Rsa-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Rsa-Keyid: 1024/34F9F9D5 cc: Poul-Henning Kamp cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org cc: Marc Fonvieille cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org cc: Tim Kientzle Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man4 umass.4 X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: obrien@FreeBSD.org List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 15:25:28 -0000 On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 04:34:59PM -0700, John-Mark Gurney wrote: > Tim Kientzle wrote this message on Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 09:25 -0700: > > * No such default name. In that case, the docs could get > > pretty ugly if we have to say things like "... after > > using fdisk, you need to label the disk with bsdlabel, > > sunlabel, foolabel, or xyzlabel, depending on your platform > > and disk-labelling preferences." I'm not sure I want > > to be the one who has to explain that one. > > but if you try to fdisk a sun disk, it won't do you much good since What does fdisk have to do with anything? Fdisk is a PeeCee thing, not a BSD Unix thing. disklabel is, and that is the level of things we are talking about here. > geom (I've succesfully read apple's label on sparc).. it's more > of a question of making sure it boots... Sorry, I thought that went w/o saying. > Making a disk bootable is quit platform specific.. It doesn't need to be so wildly different. Honestly, what is the use in having two programs on two different platforms that are almost identical to "drive" doing the same functionality, yet having two different names? What is served by that? -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)