Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 12:06:56 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: brandon@tombstone.sunrem.com (Brandon Gillespie) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Utility for adding a disk... Message-ID: <199606251906.MAA00421@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960625114442.1990A-100000@tombstone.sunrem.com> from "Brandon Gillespie" at Jun 25, 96 11:51:11 am
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> I'm bringing up this overly beat topic again partially out of > frustration. The sysinstall utility has the mechanisms needed for > installing a disk, but they will NOT DO ANYTHING unless you actually > install SOMETHING, which I do not want to do. I realize there have been > a few attempts at creating a utility for simply adding a disk, but they > seem to have all faltered and disappeared. What I am wondering is if it > would be possible to simply shag various portions of sysinstall to create > a diskinstall? Just include the Partion, Label and commit steps, and > have it merge with an existing fstab when it commits..? I am a > software-inclined person (PC at its best ;) and unfortunately I do not > have the hardware experience to grunt out adding a disk. Right now it > seems to be not only an extreme guru task, but it also requires a touch > of dietism in the mystical workings of hardware and filesystems.. 1) Get DEVFS rolled in as *the* default. Get rid of specfs entirely. 2) I will write the rest. It's trivial, and it's orthoganal. The same utility will work for partitioning, disklabelling, etc.. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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