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From: "Jon Portnoy" <avenj@g.o> |
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Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 1:19 AM |
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Replacing fdisk with cfdisk in |
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> This has come up in the past; the verdict has always been that cfdisk |
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> lacks a few essential features and creates messier partition tables. |
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> Additionally, our fdisk instructions are verbose and informative enough |
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> that even total newbies have been able to figure it out (and probably |
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> learned something useful in the process). |
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I don't think it necessarily creates messier partition tables - it is just |
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much more sensitive to poorly created /messy partition tables - you might be |
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in the process of trying to fix a foobar'd table and cfdisk will shudder, |
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twitch, and die - fdisk will chug along merrily and let you do what you |
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wish. |
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The real issue is features - fdisk is not that much less "user friendly" |
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than cfdisk, and why include two partition programs when one is enough and |
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does the job? If someone wants it - let them emerge it.. ;-) |
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Matt |
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