Re: Bigger boot block size?

From: Poul-Henning Kamp (phk_at_phk.freebsd.dk)
Date: 09/10/05

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    To: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org>
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 20:02:02 +0200

    In message <43231C48.80008@samsco.org>, Scott Long writes:

    >>
    >> Guys, bsdlabel has no future, we need to migrate to something
    >> that is
    >> A: 64 capable
    >> B: supports more than 7/8 partitions
    >> C: understands that metadata should not be exposed in-band.
    >>
    >
    >Yes, and you've been waving your hands about this for a long time =-)

    Yeah, well, sorry, but I havn't had enough time myself :-(

    >GPT is a nice sucessor, but our support for it is not ready for prime
    >time, IMHO. What is required to actually make the switch:
    >
    >1) appropriate support in all stages of the bootloader for i386 and
    >amd64.
    >2) appropriate support in sysinstall for all platforms.
    >3) docs that describe GPT on FreeBSD, how to install a system to it, and
    >how to upgrade a system to it.
    >4) visual editor for GPT. You might laugh that bsdlabel/disklabel only
    >uses vi, but it's worlds better than what the gpt utility provides now.

    I *love* the bsdlabel $EDITOR use, and would highly recommend that
    any future tools adopt the principle. I particularly like it because
    $EDITOR can also be a shell script. 

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