/boot/loader question

Simon 'corecode' Schubert corecode at fs.ei.tum.de
Sun Dec 5 19:24:33 PST 2004


On Monday, 6. December 2004 04:11, walt wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Simon 'corecode' Schubert wrote:
> > ...i should extend fdisk to also show extended slice information.
>
> What a great idea!  I notice that NetBSD's fdisk already does that.

you wanna port it? :)

> I've also been looking thru the code for the linux fdisk which, IMHO,
> is the best of all.  In addition to listing the extended partition
> without asking, it even lets you edit a BSD disklabel.

i don't think we'd want GNU fdisk in base and i also don't like the idea of 
integrating disklabel with fdisk. it's something different, at least for me

cheers
  simon

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