From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Nov 28 02:01:01 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA26126 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sat, 28 Nov 1998 02:01:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ceia.nordier.com (m2-47-dbn.dial-up.net [196.34.155.111]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA26117 for ; Sat, 28 Nov 1998 02:00:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rnordier@nordier.com) Received: (from rnordier@localhost) by ceia.nordier.com (8.8.7/8.6.12) id LAA01702; Sat, 28 Nov 1998 11:59:16 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier Message-Id: <199811280959.LAA01702@ceia.nordier.com> Subject: Re: Bootmanager -> Bootmanager -> Bootmanager.. :-) In-Reply-To: <199811272147.NAA07730@vashon.polstra.com> from John Polstra at "Nov 27, 98 01:47:20 pm" To: jdp@polstra.com (John Polstra) Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 11:59:08 +0200 (SAT) Cc: rnordier@nordier.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG John Polstra wrote: > In article <199811272057.WAA29837@ceia.nordier.com>, > Robert Nordier wrote: > > > > As you're using slices, the disklabel command needs a slice argument: > > eg. da0s1 rather than da0. > > Maybe so, but you'd sure never know it from the man page. All of the > text and all of the examples reference either "sd0" or "/dev/rsd0c". My advice was misleading. The compatibility slice is implied, in these context, if the disk is sliced and a slice is not specified. So one should be able to use the same commands on sliced and unsliced disks. I tend to consider multiple FreeBSD slices per disk a bigger win than this kind of compatibility (and the new boot blocks allow booting off any FreeBSD slice) so I just prefer being explicit about the slice. > Besides that, it should say "da" now, not "sd". I've updated the man page. -- Robert Nordier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message