From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 19 09:13:35 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 6213B16A4C2 for ; Sun, 19 Oct 2003 09:13:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail10.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.210]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2D6D43FE0 for ; Sun, 19 Oct 2003 09:13:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jmg@hydrogen.funkthat.com) Received: (qmail 27789 invoked from network); 19 Oct 2003 16:13:27 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hydrogen.funkthat.com) ([69.17.45.168]) (envelope-sender ) by mail10.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 19 Oct 2003 16:13:27 -0000 Received: from hydrogen.funkthat.com (gbshkj@localhost.funkthat.com [127.0.0.1])h9JGDQCe057656; Sun, 19 Oct 2003 09:13:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jmg@hydrogen.funkthat.com) Received: (from jmg@localhost) by hydrogen.funkthat.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id h9JGDPUF057655; Sun, 19 Oct 2003 09:13:25 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 09:13:25 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney To: "David O'Brien" Message-ID: <20031019161325.GB56592@funkthat.com> References: <7842.1066492471@critter.freebsd.dk> <3F916974.5030502@acm.org> <20031018233459.GF42635@funkthat.com> <20031019152524.GB77230@dragon.nuxi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031019152524.GB77230@dragon.nuxi.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE i386 X-PGP-Fingerprint: B7 EC EF F8 AE ED A7 31 96 7A 22 B3 D8 56 36 F4 X-Files: The truth is out there X-URL: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/ X-Resume: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/resume.html 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: John-Mark Gurney 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 16:13:35 -0000 David O'Brien wrote this message on Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 08:25 -0700: > 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. see highlighted above... we don't just list BSD Unix thing in the handbook.. it's suppose to include the full set of steps for all platforms.. > > 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? being able to label a sun disk on a x86... or an x86 disk on a sun box.. -- John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579 "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."