From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Feb 19 18:24:54 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA24337B401; Wed, 19 Feb 2003 18:24:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from geekpunk.net (adsl-32-193-54.bna.bellsouth.net [67.32.193.54]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B43B443F85; Wed, 19 Feb 2003 18:24:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bandix@geekpunk.net) Received: from localhost.my.domain (taran [127.0.0.1]) by geekpunk.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h1JLSGvv012550; Wed, 19 Feb 2003 15:28:16 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from bandix@geekpunk.net) Received: (from bandix@localhost) by localhost.my.domain (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h1JLSFSY012549; Wed, 19 Feb 2003 15:28:15 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from bandix) Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 15:28:15 -0600 From: "Brandon D. Valentine" To: Michael Ranner Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: scan_ffs for UFS2 Message-ID: <20030219212815.GY319@geekpunk.net> References: <200302192220.12731.mranner@inode.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200302192220.12731.mranner@inode.at> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG [ Originally crossposted to -hackers and -fs. This reply Bcc'd to -hackers, followups to -fs. ] On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 10:20:12PM +0100, Michael Ranner wrote: > Scan_ffs is a system tool from OpenBSD to recover erased disklabels > from your hard drive. Forgive me if I'm being dense, but what features does scan_ffs provide that are not a subset of the features provided by gpart[0]? Seems like a duplicate wheel to me. [0] - http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/user/76201/gpart/ or [1] [1] - ports/sysutils/gpart Brandon D. Valentine -- brandon@dvalentine.com http://www.geekpunk.net "We've been raised on replicas of fake and winding roads, and day after day up on this beautiful stage we've been playing tambourine for minimum wage, but we are real; I know we are real." -- David Berman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message