Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 09:45:20 -0500 From: Jerry Kendall <jerry@border.com> To: Dave Hayes <dave@kachina.jetcafe.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adding a damn 2nd disk Message-ID: <96Mar20.094540est.18436-1@janus.border.com> In-Reply-To: <199603200107.RAA16306@kachina.jetcafe.org>
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A few weeks ago, actually, a few months ago, I started to create a utility
that I named 'diskmaint' that currently will 'fdisk' a hard disk. I am
about 50% done the part that will 'disklabel'. what remains is the ability
to 'newfs' the partitions. I have been doing it undex 'X' using the
xforms library. A lot of people bitched about the 'xforms' aspect so
I slowed down on the rush. This has the added affect of pissing some
people off. BUT, as a few others have said in reply to this message,
it IS a 'develop the toys as needed' environment. I will finish it.
Perhaps I MAY be inclined to create a 'text' mode version for those
snotty peoply that sent me 'flames'. But for now I will finish the
xforms version.
In the mean time I am willing to chat directly with you to help you
get past this problem... Is this satisfactory ???
On Tue, 19 Mar 1996, Dave Hayes wrote:
>
> (I'm really pissed, so I probably shouldn't be sending this. I'll
> try not to flame, no promises though.)
>
> *Why* the hell is adding a 2nd disk to a currently running OS Guru
> level lore?
>
> It should be a turnkey operation like it is on other UNIX.
>
> Searching the archives and the docs produces *no* useful information,
> other than the fact that this is a FAQ and no one seems to answer it.
>
> Yet the sysinstall program knows how to do it. Is that magic code
> repackagable somewhere as "installdisk" or something?
>
> Oh, and using the current sysinstall program only succeeded in
> removing all the device nodes on my current partition.
>
> So to summarize: WHY ISN'T THIS EASIER and WHAT CAN SOMEONE DO
> TO MAKE IT EASIER.
>
> Feh.
> ------
> >>> Dave Hayes - Altadena CA, USA - dave@jetcafe.org <<<
>
> What seems to be absurdity and is not,
> is better than the ignorance of the man who thinks it is absurd.
>
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