From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 18 09:46:21 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59ADF1065674; Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:46:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vince@unsane.co.uk) Received: from unsane.co.uk (unsane-pt.tunnel.tserv5.lon1.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f08:110::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C06408FC14; Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:46:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vince@unsane.co.uk) Received: from vincent-hoffmans-macbook-pro-15.local ([195.7.254.52]) (authenticated bits=0) by unsane.co.uk (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id m6I9ka8l065328 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:46:38 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from vince@unsane.co.uk) Message-ID: <4880666A.6020501@unsane.co.uk> Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:46:18 +0100 From: Vincent Hoffman User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Macintosh/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gary.jennejohn@freenet.de 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> In-Reply-To: <20080717205628.237ce4a4@peedub.jennejohn.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:18:42 +0000 Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sysinstall is still inadequate after all of these years X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:46:21 -0000 Gary Jennejohn wrote: > On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:30:17 -0700 > 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 >> >> > > [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" >