cvs commit: src/sbin/bsdlabel bsdlabel.c

[Wes Peters]

On Thursday 28 August 2003 05:10, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> In message <3F4DEFAF.4000502 at tcoip.com.br>, "Daniel C. Sobral" writes:
> >Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> >> phk         2003/08/27 15:34:57 PDT
> >>
> >>   FreeBSD src repository
> >>
> >>   Modified files:
> >>     sbin/bsdlabel        bsdlabel.c
> >>   Log:
> >>   When we initialize a disk with a virgin label, create also an
> >> 'a' partition which starts after the bootstrap area and fills the
> >> entire disk.
> >
> >Out of curiosity, why?
>
> Trying to be a little bit userfriendly and trying to discourage
> people from using the 'c' partition.

If I understand this correctly, this is a nice little change.  You're 
trying to discourage people from just using the 'c' partition *as a 
filesystem*, right?  

Pre-creating an 'a' partition that covers the entire disk/slice makes a 
lot of sense when adding a new disk to the system, where often the 
default is to just throw the whole disk in a new mount point, and 
doesn't hurt anything if the user wants something different.

-- 
         "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

Wes Peters                                              wes at softweyr.com