gpart is junk

[Daniel Eischen]

On Mon, 17 Sep 2012, Tom Evans wrote:

> On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 8:12 PM, Jeff Anton <anton at hesiod.org> wrote:
>> … my point is that all this information needs to be
>> together in one human and machine readable form.  We need to be able to look
>> at the whole picture of a device and say "that makes sense" then do it.  And
>> this shouldn't be from some GUI junk either.
>> In a file, this information can be kept as a reference, as a confirmation
>> that partitioning hasn't changed unexpectedly, and
>> modified if needed in a clear manner.
>>
>
> (Sorry to pick at just parts of your email…)
>
> The current GEOM configuration is available from a sysctl in machine
> readable format - check out kern.geom.confxml. If you are concerned
> about your partitions changing underneath you, storing and then
> comparing output from this sysctl gives you a simple way to determine
> what.
>
> A human readable version can be obtained from the gpart tool.
>
> IMHO, gpart and GEOM are fantastic. gpart is a much simpler tool to
> use than fdisk, and fully understands every kind of disk partitioning
> you can throw at it, whilst fdisk is only a tool for playing with MBR.
> The gpart man page explains clearly and concisely how to use it.
>
> GEOM provides a clear framework that anything can plug in to, from
> labels to whole disk encryption.

It is not simple.  All I want is Solaris format utility (partition
and label).

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DE