On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 8:12 PM, Jeff Anton <an...@hesiod.org> wrote: >… my point is that all this information needs to be > together in one human and machine readable form. We need to be able to look > at the whole picture of a device and say "that makes sense" then do it. And > this shouldn't be from some GUI junk either. > In a file, this information can be kept as a reference, as a confirmation > that partitioning hasn't changed unexpectedly, and > modified if needed in a clear manner. >
(Sorry to pick at just parts of your email…) The current GEOM configuration is available from a sysctl in machine readable format - check out kern.geom.confxml. If you are concerned about your partitions changing underneath you, storing and then comparing output from this sysctl gives you a simple way to determine what. A human readable version can be obtained from the gpart tool. IMHO, gpart and GEOM are fantastic. gpart is a much simpler tool to use than fdisk, and fully understands every kind of disk partitioning you can throw at it, whilst fdisk is only a tool for playing with MBR. The gpart man page explains clearly and concisely how to use it. GEOM provides a clear framework that anything can plug in to, from labels to whole disk encryption. Cheers Tom _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
