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Date:      Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:56:28 +0200
From:      Gary Jennejohn <gary.jennejohn@freenet.de>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Sysinstall is still inadequate after all of these years
Message-ID:  <20080717205628.237ce4a4@peedub.jennejohn.org>
In-Reply-To: <487F7399.6040805@psg.com>
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On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:30:17 -0700
Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> wrote:

> > I think the best route to that is to have a separate utility for managing disk 
> > partitioning.  The installer can then use that utility, and sysadmins can 
> > also use it later after the system is installed.
> 
> i often invoke sysinstall on a running system to slice/partition/etc a
> new drive
> 

[radically trimmed Cc list]

sade(8) is supposed to take the place of sysinstall for disk operations.

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Gary Jennejohn



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