Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 10:48:56 +0200 From: Gary Jennejohn <gary.jennejohn@freenet.de> To: Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removal of GEOM_BSD, GEOM_MBR, GEOM_PC98 and GEOM_SUNLABEL Message-ID: <20090401104856.1feb6a79@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <60084D1E-9F64-463A-A8E9-7A237D5C7661@mac.com> References: <DED07257-A1C7-4504-9A9E-CAAC2A9737D6@mac.com> <95891.1238477069@critter.freebsd.dk> <20090331133132.1e191836@ernst.jennejohn.org> <gqt3um$f77$3@ger.gmane.org> <20090331155542.74d89d64@ernst.jennejohn.org> <60084D1E-9F64-463A-A8E9-7A237D5C7661@mac.com>
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On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:00:55 -0700 Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com> wrote: > > On Mar 31, 2009, at 6:55 AM, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > >>> > >>> I have some disks which were partitioned before GEOM or gpart even > >>> existed. If this means that I can't use them any more I'll be very > >>> ticked off. > >> > >> No, the question is which GEOM class to use to parse the partition > >> table :) > >> > >> gpart is new, shiny, but with some rough edges (most of which have > >> been > >> polished by now), GEOM_xxx were the old classes. 8-CURRENT doesn't > >> use > >> the old classes but they are still there if anyone needs them. > >> > > > > Well, that would be OK then, as long as I can still _use_ the old > > classes > > after the removal of the various GEOM_XXX options. > > Why do you want to use the old classes when gpart can be used? > Because the disks were already labeled long ago and I do not want to risk blowing them away by relabeling them? I must admit that I'm not sure whether that would really be a problem since I haven't wanted to risk trying it with gpart. They may just still work. At the moment I see complaints about geometry and rawoffset. As long as the complaints remain complaints and everything still works then I won't care about the change. > BTW: it was my intention to remove the source files along with > the options. So you wouldn't be able to use the old classes. > Hmm. --- Gary Jennejohn
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