HEADSUP: bsdlabel(8) to replace disklabel(8): PLEASE TEST

From: Poul-Henning Kamp <200305030804.h4384OiJ004335_at_repoman.freebsd.org>
Date: Sat, 03 May 2003 12:05:31 +0200
I think I have managed to slash a path through the disklabel mess,
and created a simpler and less hostile "bsdlabel" instead.

Please install a -current kernel and compile the bsdlabel program
(src/sbin/bsdlabel) and let me know what you think.

Please test it in every way you can imagine, including that
writing of bootblocks and that they work afterwards as well.

The plan is:

    1) A few days shakeout (what this email is about!)

    2) Some make/release work.

    3) Install bsdlabel on all platforms.
   
    4) Install symlinks:

	sparc64:	sunlabel -> disklabel
	i386:		bsdlabel -> disklabel
	pc98:		bsdlabel -> disklabel
	alpha:		bsdlabel -> disklabel
	???:		???

Thanks in advance,

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Poul-Henning Kamp       | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
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Received on Sat May 03 2003 - 01:05:36 UTC

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