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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