Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 23:00:13 +1000 (EST) From: Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au> To: Sergey Matveychuk <sem@ciam.ru> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problems with sysinstall Message-ID: <20031030224354.S61846@hewey.af.speednet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <3FA0EF65.5080008@ciam.ru> References: <3F9F299C.8050504@ciam.ru> <20031029090121.U37386@carver.gumbysoft.com> <20031029173150.Q39476@carver.gumbysoft.com> <m1r80vawiv.wl@murmeldjur.it.su.se> <3FA0EF65.5080008@ciam.ru>
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Sergey Matveychuk wrote:
> Richard Nyberg wrote:
> >Doug White wrote:
> > > yes, this is a change to -current. It is for your own safety.
> >
> > I think this change in current is for the worse. I don't see why
> > I can't manage slices and partitions from my regular OS, but have
> > to boot up a CD to do the job. It's not even safer; I am perfectly
> > capable of destroying my disk layout from the CD too.
>
> Agree. Why I can't change active slice? Or add a partition? Or repair my
> master boot record?
> It's absolutely safe.
Its a major PITA and POLA violation IMHO.
The super-user should be able to foot-shoot whatever she wants to.
For example, you setup a production box with a 60 gig disk. You allocate
40 gig initially, leaving 20 gig as "reserve". Time passes. You now need
that extra 20 gig but can not down the server. You are stuffed.
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:{ andyf@speednet.com.au
Andy Farkas
System Administrator
Speednet Communications
http://www.speednet.com.au/
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