Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 11:31:21 +0900 (JST) From: grog@lemis.com To: vas@vas.tsu.tomsk.su Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD Questions) Subject: Re: having problems adding hard drives Message-ID: <199708130231.LAA00570@papillon.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199708060250.KAA12342@vas.tomsk.su> from Victor Sudakov at "Aug 6, 97 10:50:26 am"
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Victor Sudakov writes: > Greg Lehey wrote: >> In any case, I have now taken a look at Doug White's tutorial >> (http://resnet.uoregon.edu/dwhite/makedisk.html), which explains how >> to use sysinstall to do the job. Have you seen this tutorial? If so, >> what problems did you have with it? If not, it could be that you >> would have had more success with this method. Does anybody else have >> any comments on the relative usability of the two methods? > > I think this is also an ideological question. In my opinion, a good unix > admin should not become dependent on tools which vary from system to system. > I believe the disktab method would work in any unix while the sysintall > method would work only in FreeBSD. You may be very skilled in using > sysinstall, but you may feel helpless if you change your job. Well, don't get the impression that the disktab approach is that portable. Take a look at Nemeth et al for the gory details: just about every vendor does his own things nowadays. And it's really painful on FreeBSD due to the differing opinions about geometry that each tool supplies--something that could be improved. I make no bones about it: give me a properly functioning sysinstall approach, and I'll take it every time. And I work on lots of different systems. Greg
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