Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 10:57:57 +0100 From: Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz> To: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>, George Michaelson <ggm@algebras.org>, Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Removing fdisk and bsdlabel (legacy partition tools) Message-ID: <84c6f3b1-58b3-44f8-aeaf-35f78e05975d@quip.cz> In-Reply-To: <20240125055019.CCF1973@slippy.cwsent.com> References: <202401242347.40ONlWKZ099356@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> <20240125050736.A11871AC@slippy.cwsent.com> <CANCZdfq%2BF1iFpUkDEYdcxPJfp96Ymz8KjBGaK_JNN1i09s7P=A@mail.gmail.com> <20240125055019.CCF1973@slippy.cwsent.com>
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On 25/01/2024 06:50, Cy Schubert wrote: > In message <CANCZdfq+F1iFpUkDEYdcxPJfp96Ymz8KjBGaK_JNN1i09s7P=A@mail.gmail.c >> >> What can they do that gpart can't do? > > This was quite a while ago, booted off my recovery USB attempting to repair > some self caused damage. The ability to edit (vi) a file with starting > addresses and lengths, visually using bsdlabel, was suited to my panicked > state as I worked to recover the machine. > > A visual view of columns of a bsdlabel, editing a label using vi, checking > and double checking numbers before committing them is handy.The visual > format and the ability to adjust the numbers in an editor before committing > them is handy. You can't do this with gpart, as it's transactional. And > bsdinstall doesn't give one the opportunity to check the numbers in detail > on a console before committing them. If you really like your editor of choice to edit partition table, you can use gpart backup and gpart restore like this: gpart backup ada0 > ada0.part vi ada0.part gpart restore -F -l < ada0.part > Maybe a good GSoC project may be to replace bsdlabel's driect writes to > disk with geom calls. Though, t doesn't need to be bsdlabel, but some kind > of utility that displays the existing label in an editor session where > changes can be made, using the editor, and committed. This could even be an > enhancement to bsdinstall: call it expert mode or whatever. Manipulating partition table in editor session can be achieved by few lines of shell script as a wrapper around gpart backup & gpart restore. Kind regards Miroslav Lachmanhelp
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