Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:46:18 +0100 From: Vincent Hoffman <vince@unsane.co.uk> To: gary.jennejohn@freenet.de Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sysinstall is still inadequate after all of these years Message-ID: <4880666A.6020501@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20080717205628.237ce4a4@peedub.jennejohn.org> References: <784966050807021123l267aa20en39eb513c12c90ad2@mail.gmail.com> <486F8C57.9050908@wubethiopia.com> <20080705161614.O19209@fledge.watson.org> <200807170919.49756.jhb@freebsd.org> <487F7399.6040805@psg.com> <20080717205628.237ce4a4@peedub.jennejohn.org>
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Gary Jennejohn wrote: > 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. > > Ahh thats nice to know, might be worth adding to the handbook, I used to use /usr/ports/sysutils/sfdisk but somethng in base beats it. Vince > --- > Gary Jennejohn > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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