From: jwinstea@jarthur.claremont.edu (Jim Winstead Jr.) Subject: Re: Linux 0.95 Date: 16 Mar 1992 19:25:07 GMT
In article <4616@mccuts.uts.mcc.ac.uk> zlsiial@uts.mcc.ac.uk (A. V. Le Blanc) writes:
>In article <LONGSHOT.92Mar12214011@att2.mankato.msus.edu> longshot@att2.mankato.msus.edu (Erik Green) writes:
>>
>>Also, a Linux fdisk is badly needed
>
>I have been working on a Linux fdisk. At the moment there are
>two real problems: (1) it ought to be able to get the number of
>sectors, heads, and cylinders from the kernel, but this requires
>a kernel patch; and (2) it ought to be able to set up Linux extended
>partitions, but I haven't done anything about this yet.
Well, don't forget we already have pfdisk, and I have been able to fit
that on the root disk. Thus, there is a way to partition a hard disk,
but you do have to know your drive's cylinders, heads and sectors. I
just repartitioned my system yesterday, so I know that muchw works. :)
A new Linux fdisk, that did the partitioning as well, would be great,
though. pfdisk is okay, and it works, but it needs to be told the
drive statistics, like I said, and it is a little hard to use.
>I'd be glad of anyone suggesting (or supplying) a good kernel
>interface, for example an ioctl. The tool should be available
>in a couple of days, perhaps in time for 0.95a?
A couple of days might be too late for 0.95a, but that doesn't mean
you shouldn't work on it, by any means. I would really like to see a
fdisk that is small, powerful, clean, and not too hard to use.
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