BIND segway -> python -> first-class ports

[Thomas Mueller]

> While bsdlabel lives, it is very painful to use once you learn gpart. A
> parseable output from gpart would be wonderful. Another would be netstat.
        
> FWIW, the fact that JunOS can output most everything in XML is a great
> thing that I wish every router and OS did! (Not the XML part, but a format
> suitable or easy parsing. JSON would probably be even better.)
--
> R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer

I was going to say that one way I used bsdlabel was to create a bootable disk image to boot FreeBSD with grub2 or grub4dos.

I would then escape to loader prompt and switch the root partition to the proper place.

I didn't use it because my other solution worked: USB-stick installation of FreeBSD, boot that, escape to loader prompt and switch the root.

I could even unload and switch the kernel, like for instance
boot /boot/kernel2 -a

By the way, running NetBSD disklabel is a major pain, and undependable, an argument for switching from MBR to GPT.

I am not familiar with JunOS or JSON.

Tom