From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Nov 28 10:55:45 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA04432 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sat, 28 Nov 1998 10:55:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from wall.polstra.com (rtrwan160.accessone.com [206.213.115.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA04427 for ; Sat, 28 Nov 1998 10:55:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Received: from vashon.polstra.com (vashon.polstra.com [206.213.73.13]) by wall.polstra.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id KAA05523; Sat, 28 Nov 1998 10:55:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Received: (from jdp@localhost) by vashon.polstra.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id KAA12103; Sat, 28 Nov 1998 10:55:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <199811280959.LAA01702@ceia.nordier.com> Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 10:55:36 -0800 (PST) Organization: Polstra & Co., Inc. From: John Polstra To: Robert Nordier Subject: Re: Bootmanager -> Bootmanager -> Bootmanager.. :-) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 28-Nov-98 Robert Nordier wrote: > 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. Ah, OK. Thanks for clearing that up. >> Besides that, it should say "da" now, not "sd". > > I've updated the man page. Super! Thanks. John --- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." -- H. L. Mencken To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message