Subject: Re: A new partition handling scheme: wedges
To: Charles M. Hannum <mycroft@mit.edu>
From: Darren Reed <darrenr@cyber.com.au>
List: tech-kern
Date: 02/01/1998 12:44:54
In some mail I received from Charles M. Hannum, sie wrote
[...]
> # wedgeconfig -L /dev/sd0 auto ...
>
> Like the previous, but checks for multiple types of partitioning info
> automatically. This is what most people should be able to use.
>
> # wedgeconfig -a
>
> Configures wedges for all attached disks using automatic label
> detection and a default set of names (essentially the disk device name
> with a `partition' letter attached). (Or maybe it should read a
> configuration file instead.)
I think one of the above (maybe with some default config file) should
be run at boot time (not sure which rc file) so that a change to the
partition table, which was done external to NetBSD, automatically
propogates into NetBSD for users.
Darren