Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 16:13:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk (Matthew Seaman) Cc: "Questions@BSD" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Broken Disk Message-ID: <200405242013.i4OKDtg20114@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20040524195745.GA92333@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> from "Matthew Seaman" at May 24, 2004 08:57:45 PM
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> > On Mon, May 24, 2004 at 03:24:33PM -0400, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > > > "man disklabel" is pretty comprehensive. > >=20 > > Yes. But, you have to read it together with man fdisk to make any > > sense of it and even then the writing is rather convoluted and confusing.= > =20 > > They could both use a complete systematic rewrite. I don't think I > > know enough of the extra stuff (the stuff I don't usually use) to do=20 > > it or I would try it. > > Actually, the disklabel application and man page got a complete > rewrite and a change of name for 5.x. Compare and contrast: Oh, good. I will have to check it out. Except for a little tinkering to check out device support, I haven't had time (or a free machine) to look at 5.xxx yet. ////jerry > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Ddisklabel&apropos=3D0&sektio= > n=3D0&manpath=3DFreeBSD+4.9-stable&format=3Dhtml > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Dbsdlabel&apropos=3D0&sektion= > =3D0&manpath=3DFreeBSD+5.2-RELEASE+and+Ports&format=3Dhtml > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > --=20 > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks > Savill Way > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow > Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK > > --YiEDa0DAkWCtVeE4 > Content-Type: application/pgp-signature > Content-Disposition: inline > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) > > iD8DBQFAslO5iD657aJF7eIRArmzAJ4rddf407grBOg6jKr6XM5i67hEtQCgl1Qc > v/DC0VZU1gxkoiJHEYoI2Fw= > =Wehq > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --YiEDa0DAkWCtVeE4-- >
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