Removal of Disklabel (was: Re: Dangerously Dedicated)

[Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group]

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Warner Losh 
writes:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Zero Sum writes:
> : Does this allow multiple partitions on a zip?
> 
> Yes, but fdisk is awkward to use for editing.

How about fdisk -e in similar vein as disklabel -e?

As the PC architecture requires, just use an fdisk partition rather 
than a disklabel slice (slices are what UNIX vendors call them).  For 
that matter I'd be happy if we removed disklabel from the picture 
entirely.  I think that should be our goal.  The architecture requires 
an fdisk label and disklabel is redundant.  It seems like a no-brainer 
to me, just remove support for disklabel entirely.  Simple and end of 
argument.


Regards,                       Phone:  (250)387-8437
Cy Schubert                      Fax:  (250)387-5766
Team Leader, Sun/DEC Team   Internet:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA
Province of BC





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