On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 10:27:49 -0700 "Freddie Cash" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Matthew Dillon > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > :just a quick sidenote... while I decided to finally play around with hammer > > :I had to fiddle around with dragonfly's fdisk implementation and I think > > it is a mess! > > :The menu driven mode is horrible, and absolutely not self explaining. > > :We should definitely adapt the OpenBSD or newer FreeBSD version. > > :Is there any reason there could occur bigger problems with this ? > > :Otherwise I'm actually willing to try to port it over during my semester > > break, > > :because I really believe it is necessary to do this. > > :If there is any special super mode I missed about the fdisk we are using > > right now just let me know! > > :Regards, > > :Tobias > > : > > :-- > > :Jost Tobias Springenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > We could probably use a new fdisk, I think this would be a good > > project. > > You may want to have a look at > http://www.freshports.org/sysutils/sfdisk/ This is the fdisk tool > used in sysinstall, and has a decent interface. It's similar to > cfdisk from the Linux-world (but nicer to use IMO). > > -- > Freddie Cash > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ok I guess I will take a look at it tonight and also search for alternatives. I'll have 2 weeks of time during the next 2 months so it should be possible to finish this. Question to the sfdisk, I am not an expert regarding FreeBSD code, but doesn't sfdisk depend on some internal FreeBSD disk abstractions ?? Greetings, Tobi -- Jost Tobias Springenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If you plan to send me any personal or sensitive information please use GnuPG! My public key can be found at: http://www-lehre.informatik.uos.de/~jspringe/jspringe.gpg