You're still missing the point which is that this hasn't been a theoretical discussion. It's been boringly practical with a particular situation and a particular objective to be achieved with a particular toolset. To go beyond these bounds is unhelpful at best. dashielljt writes: > From: dashielljt <dashielljt at gmpexpress.net> > > Let's put it this way. First slackware hasn't got disk druid. Second, I > seem to remember having used fdisk to partition and nname mount points on > this system for some strange reason. Third, fdisk works lots better with > speakup. It turns out that the first tool to have been used in linux was > fdisk and cfdisk was a curses version built on it later so ask yourself > why can a curses version of a program do stuff the original can't. > > Jude <dashielljt(at)gmpexpress-dot-net> > > On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > Oh, come on, Jude. Be relevant for a change. He can't do that. He's > > running the installer and doesn't really have independent access to > > fdiskk. He doesn't have Linux yet, remember? > > > > Oh, and don't confuse the issue by sending him to those other consoles. > > He still needs to supply mount points to the installer. > > > > dashielljt writes: > > > From: dashielljt <dashielljt at gmpexpress.net> > > > > > > cfdisk and fdisk share something you're going to like alot. If you put > > > fdisk /dev/hdb on the command line when you start fdisk up, you just > > > pointed linux at drive /dev/hdb. Then you don't have to worry about > > > picking a drive and can get on with the fun stuff. > > > > > > Jude <dashielljt(at)gmpexpress-dot-net> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > Technology Research and Development > > Governmental Relations Group > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
