Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:38:17 +0100 From: =?utf-8?B?T25kxZllaiBNYWplcmVjaA==?= <oxyd.oxyd@gmail.com> To: Modulok <modulok@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Suggestion for the fdisk(8) manual page... Message-ID: <op.u487l1rmyxk8o8@localhost> In-Reply-To: <64c038660912201140uc862597o1cdd7b52f51fbd81@mail.gmail.com> References: <64c038660912201140uc862597o1cdd7b52f51fbd81@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:40:48 +0100, Modulok <modulok@gmail.com> wrote: > List, > > Just a suggestion: > > In the 'Bugs' section of the 'fdisk(8)' man page, could we get a note > that informs users that fdisk is kind of... broken and obsolete? > Something like: > > "fdisk is slowly being replaced by gpart(8). fdisk may not work > correctly. If you see errors such as "fdisk: Class not found", use > gpart(8) instead." > > That way, when you're confronted by the initially mysterious, "fdisk: > Class not found" error, you don't waste tons of time double and triple > checking slice table syntax and what not. Maybe even right at the top > of the man page. Yes, it bit me today. Looking through the archives, > apparently I'm not the only one. > > Thanks! > -Modulok- Wow.. I wish I knew there *was* any gpart at the first place! I'm still kinda new to FreeBSD -- been using it since 7.0-RELEASE. Every time I had to make some changes to my partition table, I looked WTF-ly at fdisk manpage, then grabbed a Fedora live CD and made the changes from there. gpart looks like something that would do what I needed to do and would not require me to wonder if I got some obscure syntax right when modifying my partitions. So I'd like to second your suggestion: Mentioning gpart in man fdisk would've definitely saved my time. ~ Ondra
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