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Date:      Mon, 23 Nov 1998 12:27:03 -0500
From:      "John C. Place" <placej@ctcdist.com>
To:        Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
Cc:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: bin/8809: fdisk calls QNX-4 partitions unknown
Message-ID:  <19981123122703.A15398@ctcdist.com>
In-Reply-To: <199811230931.LAA12756@ceia.nordier.com>; from Robert Nordier on Mon, Nov 23, 1998 at 11:31:33AM %2B0200
References:  <5148.911810403@critter.freebsd.dk> <199811230931.LAA12756@ceia.nordier.com>

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On Mon, Nov 23, 1998 at 11:31:33AM +0200, Robert Nordier wrote:
> Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>  
> > Isn't it about time this table moved into /usr/share/misc/fdisk.types and
> > fdisk could read it from there ?
> 
I had no idea that this was perfered, sory about that. I did not the stuff in 
the /usr/share tree was used for lowlevel stuff.

> I was just about to suggest something similar.  And if fdisk.types is
> not found, it can just default to "non-FreeBSD disk", which is about
> all the Microsoft version does.
> 
As long at it still works without the file I guess I agree. But it could be a 
little confusing to users that are running it and don't know the various 
partition id's like from a floppy.

whatever the decision, If you are looking for a volenteer I think I can handle 
it.

L8er
John

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