From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp486.redcondor.net (smtp486.redcondor.net [208.80.204.86]) by mail.openembedded.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D4A17391A for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2016 10:31:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from astoria.ccjclearline.com ([64.235.106.9]) by smtp486.redcondor.net ({6695537a-536a-45f9-a249-877c85428649}) via TCP (outbound) with ESMTPS id 20160805103110756_0486; Fri, 05 Aug 2016 10:31:10 +0000 X-RC-FROM: Received: from [216.191.234.70] (port=40546 helo=crashcourse.ca) by astoria.ccjclearline.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1bVcR3-0005H6-O9; Fri, 05 Aug 2016 06:33:01 -0400 Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2016 06:31:01 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Gary Thomas In-Reply-To: <57b0c57a-a81c-42fa-0f31-3ea9d2acff56@mlbassoc.com> Message-ID: References: <57b0c57a-a81c-42fa-0f31-3ea9d2acff56@mlbassoc.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.20 (LFD 67 2015-01-07) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-MAG-OUTBOUND: ccj.redcondor.net@64.235.106.9/32 Cc: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org Subject: Re: "parted" vs "sfdisk" X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2016 10:31:23 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII On Fri, 5 Aug 2016, Gary Thomas wrote: > On 2016-08-05 12:19, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > your personal opinions, if you would -- i'm working on some scripts > > to do automated installs on a target board, currently based on > > parted, but parted seems a bit dense at times, and awkward, and i'm > > thinking of switching to sfdisk. > > > > for people who have done this sort of thing, do you have any strong > > opinions either way of parted versus sfdisk? i realize that's not much > > to go on, just curious about personal preferences, and why. > > As you know, I went the other way - I started with sfdisk and > I find parted more intuitive and easier to use. I also think > it has a better long-term support horizon. i figured you'd weigh in on this. :-) i'm going to experiment both ways for a bit. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================