Re: Removal of GEOM_BSD, GEOM_MBR, GEOM_PC98 and GEOM_SUNLABEL

On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:00:55 -0700
Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt_at_mac.com> wrote:

> 
> On Mar 31, 2009, at 6:55 AM, Gary Jennejohn wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I have some disks which were partitioned before GEOM or gpart even
> >>> existed.  If this means that I can't use them any more I'll be very
> >>> ticked off.
> >>
> >> No, the question is which GEOM class to use to parse the partition  
> >> table :)
> >>
> >> gpart is new, shiny, but with some rough edges (most of which have  
> >> been
> >> polished by now), GEOM_xxx were the old classes. 8-CURRENT doesn't  
> >> use
> >> the old classes but they are still there if anyone needs them.
> >>
> >
> > Well, that would be OK then, as long as I can still _use_ the old  
> > classes
> > after the removal of the various GEOM_XXX options.
> 
> Why do you want to use the old classes when gpart can be used?
> 

Because the disks were already labeled long ago and I do not want
to risk blowing them away by relabeling them?

I must admit that I'm not sure whether that would really be a problem
since I haven't wanted to risk trying it with gpart.  They may just
still work.

At the moment I see complaints about geometry and rawoffset.  As long
as the complaints remain complaints and everything still works then I
won't care about the change.

> BTW: it was my intention to remove the source files along with
> the options. So you wouldn't be able to use the old classes.
> 

Hmm.

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Gary Jennejohn