Re[2]: [osol-discuss] /usr/sbin/format: where is the -force flag?

2006-05-09 Thread Robert Milkowski
Hello Sarah, Friday, April 28, 2006, 11:52:24 PM, you wrote: SJ Hi Daniel, SJ I am the developer who did the work for this feature. We originally had SJ a force flag planned for all the utilities that were modified to enable SJ in use checking. However, the force flag was an area of much debate

Re: [osol-discuss] /usr/sbin/format: where is the -force flag?

2006-05-02 Thread Rainer Orth
Sarah Jelinek [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am the developer who did the work for this feature. We originally had a force flag planned for all the utilities that were modified to enable in use checking. However, the force flag was an area of much debate and in the end we removed it. We

Re: [osol-discuss] /usr/sbin/format: where is the -force flag?

2006-04-28 Thread Sarah Jelinek
Hi Daniel, I am the developer who did the work for this feature. We originally had a force flag planned for all the utilities that were modified to enable in use checking. However, the force flag was an area of much debate and in the end we removed it. We recognize this is a potential issue

Re: [osol-discuss] /usr/sbin/format: where is the -force flag?

2006-04-28 Thread Sarah Jelinek
One other thing... use utility/other for cat/subcat and please add me to interest list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] thanks, sarah Daniel Rock wrote: Hi, this week I gave snv_36 a try (hadn't upgraded for a long time) - and this new feature (put in double quotes) was getting me in rage: 6194015

Re: [osol-discuss] /usr/sbin/format: where is the -force flag?

2006-04-28 Thread Sarah Jelinek
Bill Sommerfeld wrote: On Fri, 2006-04-28 at 18:05, Sarah Jelinek wrote: partition la Cannot label disk when partitions are in use as described. I do not think a -force flag is appropriate. instead, we should improve the granularity of the in-use detection -- fix format so it lets

Re: [osol-discuss] /usr/sbin/format: where is the -force flag?

2006-04-28 Thread Bill Sommerfeld
On Fri, 2006-04-28 at 19:40, Sarah Jelinek wrote: The heuristic of the vfstab being 'in use' could be improved upon however, which I believe is Daniel's main concern. The idea is that entries in /etc/vfstab are possibly in use, and designed to help users not step on filesystems that may

Re: [osol-discuss] /usr/sbin/format: where is the -force flag?

2006-04-28 Thread Daniel Rock
Sarah Jelinek schrieb: Bill Sommerfeld wrote: It does allow you to change the sizes of partitions which are not in use, as long as they don't overlap in use partitions. It even lets you grow in use partitions. The heuristic of the vfstab being 'in use' could be improved upon however, which