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Date:      Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:21:16 -0700
From:      Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Mike Makonnen <mtm@wubethiopia.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>, Lothar Braun <lothar@lobraun.de>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Sysinstall is still inadequate after all of these years
Message-ID:  <487FE1FC.7020600@psg.com>
In-Reply-To: <200807172013.18535.jhb@freebsd.org>
References:  <784966050807021123l267aa20en39eb513c12c90ad2@mail.gmail.com> <200807170919.49756.jhb@freebsd.org> <487F7399.6040805@psg.com> <200807172013.18535.jhb@freebsd.org>

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John Baldwin wrote:
> On Thursday 17 July 2008 12:30:17 pm Randy Bush 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
> Yes, I have found it nicer than raw bsdlabel in the past, but I think it 
> should be a standalone tool (diskpart or some such) that manages that and 
> that the installer should use that tool rather than the installer having a 
> disk partitioning sub-personality.

oh, i agree completely.  my point was that i seem to invoke sysinstall
when standalone would be more 'normal.'  and then i was pointed to
sade(8) :) .

randy



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