> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:owner-freebsd- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Andrews > Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 1:11 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: New BSD Installer > > On 2/14/2012 3:05 PM, Devin Teske wrote: > > Please don't get rid of fdisk or bsdlabel as they are (and forever will be) > > required to do things like: > > > > 1. scripted formatting of a thumb drive > > > > 2. automated probing of disk information (fdisk -p) > > > > 3. Other tasks that are not suitably handled by curses-based utilities > > > > For example, the following command will create a second Windows partition on > a > > thumb drive without user interaction: > > > > echo "p 2 0x0c * *" | fdisk -f - /dev/da0 > > > > If you take away fdisk, how am I supposed to achieve the above? > > /sbin/gpart add -t 12 -i 2 da0 >
I stand corrected. Ok, remove at-will but not before 10.0 please. Looking for 9.x to be the transitional phase. -- Devin _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message and all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any manner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and review by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
