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List:       freebsd-hackers
Subject:    Re: ? "sysinstall" errors labeling a new disk
From:       Terry Lambert <terry () lambert ! org>
Date:       1997-08-21 20:03:49
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> Ultimately, someone just needs to hack on the disklabel and fdisk
> programs (and even if it involves a total rewrite of those tools) so
> that they're more "drivable" from scripts - Terry has an entire
> interaction model for tools to do this which I'm sure he'd be happy to
> share with anyone thinking of doing that work. :-)

Yes:

1)	Command line, for incorporation in scripts
2)	Command parser, for interactive use
3)	Pipeline parser, for driving by GUI/TUI

I'll be happy to talk to anyone interested in it...

> Even if one doesn't go for a full-blown Terry model, it'd still be
> possible to hack fdisk and disklabel significantly in ways which would
> make them much friendlier to "front-ending", perhaps enough so that
> some other perl hacker can come along and provide you a CGI script
> which enables one to partition and label a disk from one's HTML
> browser! :-)

I still think that it is a bad idea, seperating the fdisk and disklabel
function; they are both subclasses of a mor general device management
problem, and should be solvable in a single program.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.

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