From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 21 19:20:03 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEFDF106568B for ; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:20:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from modulok@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pw0-f44.google.com (mail-pw0-f44.google.com [209.85.160.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94C398FC24 for ; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:20:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pwi15 with SMTP id 15so3677639pwi.3 for ; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:20:03 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=46OH3/6toNnOvNs83hbIGMABtwemgST7T3JfyycR5/0=; b=xsG9Y9uiSiQHMsEtZ9YvudztKmwziQCOJgae/KYtgmPGJZAxicQvRvY7pe4hXHAjLg Q0a3kHxcn6UbC8vU46j+PSoqo8mzGlx7G1XyprLwuFAJx/Jqp4Xk0SjVyvDvFmygGM+z KDKN6THRNzUv+nAGDTum/a10XtYj0phXs1BL8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=QJvBTkE4e/p6OzZAI+LzURsqAjsM5R1aFHhyXMWPviaRy2pm0hPu+wN6w9Xpzqbp87 JOJqseOYL7fn9Ep+VWO2XA7aitZcS+LG+fHMEgz96bB3CpIYhTC3Y+o3MTpSr3pcUWOt j+Q2pSEyUma35J29MZ8sPVEyabZO8S8yAWyRc= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.143.25.29 with SMTP id c29mr5060031wfj.255.1261423203283; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:20:03 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <64c038660912211118p736db003sc7fa1295cbd648cc@mail.gmail.com> References: <64c038660912201140uc862597o1cdd7b52f51fbd81@mail.gmail.com> <20091220212307.GA27008@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <64c038660912211118p736db003sc7fa1295cbd648cc@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:20:03 -0700 Message-ID: <64c038660912211120q4f87fe0xc63020514e818c3b@mail.gmail.com> From: Modulok To: Roland Smith Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Suggestion for the fdisk(8) manual page... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:20:03 -0000 Just to clarify, when I say 'unused slices', I mean those of other operating systems I was no longer interested in having around, not as in 'marked as free space'. Thanks! -Modulok- On 12/21/09, Modulok wrote: >>> "As far as I know, "the class not found" just a warning, not an error." > > Perhaps, but I've had situations in which fdisk would not alter a PC > partition (slice) table. Particularly a table on a disk which the > operating itself is running off of. I attempted to delete some unused > slices (not the one FreeBSD was one) and the master boot record > remained unaltered. I tried the same with gpart and everything worked > fine. I wish I would have know about gpart earlier though. > > -Modulok- > > On 12/20/09, Roland Smith wrote: >> On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 12:40:48PM -0700, Modulok wrote: >>> Just a suggestion: >>> >>> In the 'Bugs' section of the 'fdisk(8)' man page, could we get a note >>> that informs users that fdisk is kind of... broken and obsolete? >>> Something like: >>> >>> "fdisk is slowly being replaced by gpart(8). fdisk may not work >>> correctly. If you see errors such as "fdisk: Class not found", use >>> gpart(8) instead." >> >> As far as I know, "the class not found" just a warning, not an error. In >> the >> cases where I've seen it, fdisk still carried out the command it was >> given. I've always just ignored it. >> >> Roland >> -- >> R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ >> [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] >> pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) >> >