Gary Jennejohn wrote: > On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:24:29 +0000 > "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk_at_phk.freebsd.dk> wrote: > >> In message <DED07257-A1C7-4504-9A9E-CAAC2A9737D6_at_mac.com>, Marcel Moolenaar wri >> tes: >> >>> I plan to remove the "old" partitioning GEOMs mentioned in the subject >>> line some time this week. Let me know if any of these should remain for now >>> due to issues with gpart. >> Never mind gpart, but don't we have some guidelines for how long time >> we leave stuff around before we rip it out ? >> > > 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.
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