John Baldwin wrote: > On Thursday 17 July 2008 12:30:17 pm Randy Bush wrote: >>> I think the best route to that is to have a separate utility for managing >>> disk partitioning. The installer can then use that utility, and >>> sysadmins can also use it later after the system is installed. >> i often invoke sysinstall on a running system to slice/partition/etc a >> new drive > Yes, I have found it nicer than raw bsdlabel in the past, but I think it > should be a standalone tool (diskpart or some such) that manages that and > that the installer should use that tool rather than the installer having a > disk partitioning sub-personality.
oh, i agree completely. my point was that i seem to invoke sysinstall when standalone would be more 'normal.' and then i was pointed to sade(8) :) . randy _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
