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From: "matt c" <matt@legalizefreedom.org>
To: <gentoo-dev@gentoo.org>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Replacing fdisk with cfdisk in
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 08:29:08 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <008401c36666$a20c5380$1401a8c0@punx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20030819081901.GA13652@cerberus.oppresses.us

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jon Portnoy" <avenj@gentoo.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 1:19 AM
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Replacing fdisk with cfdisk in

> This has come up in the past; the verdict has always been that cfdisk
> lacks a few essential features and creates messier partition tables.
> Additionally, our fdisk instructions are verbose and informative enough
> that even total newbies have been able to figure it out (and probably
> learned something useful in the process).

I don't think it necessarily creates messier partition tables - it is just
much more sensitive to poorly created /messy partition tables - you might be
in the process of trying to fix a foobar'd table and cfdisk will shudder,
twitch, and die - fdisk will chug along merrily and let you do what you
wish.

The real issue is features - fdisk is not that much less "user friendly"
than cfdisk, and why include two partition programs when one is enough and
does the job? If someone wants it - let them emerge it.. ;-)

Matt



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  parent reply	other threads:[~2003-08-19 15:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-08-19  8:27 [gentoo-dev] Replacing fdisk with cfdisk in Svyatogor
2003-08-19  8:19 ` Jon Portnoy
2003-08-19 10:44   ` Camille Huot
2003-08-19 15:29   ` matt c [this message]
2003-08-19 16:11     ` Svyatogor
2003-08-19 16:18       ` foser
2003-08-20  1:16         ` Luke-Jr
2003-08-20  4:52           ` donnie berkholz
2003-08-20  8:02             ` Sven Vermeulen
2003-08-21  5:36           ` Stewart Honsberger
2003-08-21  5:54             ` Patrick Kursawe
2003-08-21  9:06             ` Sven Vermeulen
2003-08-21 13:33             ` Luke-Jr
2003-08-21 19:34               ` Stewart Honsberger
2003-08-22 14:12           ` foser
2003-08-19 18:34       ` Salze
2003-08-19 10:59 ` Lloyd D Budd
2003-08-22 19:57 ` Jason Wever
2003-08-22 22:20   ` Martin, Stephen
2003-08-22 22:25     ` Martin, Stephen
2003-08-23  3:46   ` Georgi Georgiev
2003-08-23  9:33     ` Sven Vermeulen

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