In message <20240125101308.92e93...@slippy.cwsent.com>, Cy Schubert writes: > In message <84c6f3b1-58b3-44f8-aeaf-35f78e059...@quip.cz>, Miroslav Lachman > wri > tes: > > On 25/01/2024 06:50, Cy Schubert wrote: > > > In message > > > <CANCZdfq+F1iFpUkDEYdcxPJfp96Ymz8KjBGaK_JNN1i09s7P=a...@mail.gmai > l. > > c > > > > > > >> > > >> What can they do that gpart can't do? > > > > > > This was quite a while ago, booted off my recovery USB attempting to repa > ir > > > some self caused damage. The ability to edit (vi) a file with starting > > > addresses and lengths, visually using bsdlabel, was suited to my panicked > > > state as I worked to recover the machine. > > > > > > A visual view of columns of a bsdlabel, editing a label using vi, checkin > g > > > and double checking numbers before committing them is handy.The visual > > > format and the ability to adjust the numbers in an editor before committi > ng > > > them is handy. You can't do this with gpart, as it's transactional. And > > > bsdinstall doesn't give one the opportunity to check the numbers in detai > l > > > on a console before committing them. > > > > If you really like your editor of choice to edit partition table, you > > can use gpart backup and gpart restore like this: > > > > gpart backup ada0 > ada0.part > > vi ada0.part > > gpart restore -F -l < ada0.part > > That would work. > > > > > > Maybe a good GSoC project may be to replace bsdlabel's driect writes to > > > disk with geom calls. Though, t doesn't need to be bsdlabel, but some kin > d > > > of utility that displays the existing label in an editor session where > > > changes can be made, using the editor, and committed. This could even be > an > > > enhancement to bsdinstall: call it expert mode or whatever. > > > > Manipulating partition table in editor session can be achieved by few > > lines of shell script as a wrapper around gpart backup & gpart restore. > > Or just build a gpart edit mode with the functions used to implement backup > and restore. Excellent idea. Thank you. A small project to work on. > > > > > Kind regards > > Miroslav Lachman
A freebsd-bsdlabel port has been created making way for its removal. -- Cheers, Cy Schubert <cy.schub...@cschubert.com> FreeBSD UNIX: <c...@freebsd.org> Web: https://FreeBSD.org NTP: <c...@nwtime.org> Web: https://nwtime.org e^(i*pi)+1=0
