Re: Parted & hdparm

[Harley D. Eades III]

On Sat, 2005-12-24 at 15:01 +0100, Patrick Leslie Polzer wrote:
> Parted will replace fdisk in the GNU operating system and maybe
> will do the same in some Linux distributions in the future.
:)

> I just looked at hdparm, which most likely has the same status
> as fdisk (linux-specific, maybe not GPL, maintenance unclear)
> and offers a lot of useful information. Here's a dump:
This is very neat and can be very usefull.

> --
> 
> Why not, in the distant future, enhance Parted with an ability
> to do this? 
I think we should.

> Most of it seems to be part of ATA/ATAPI and Parted
> already has a cross-arch framework.
> Take into consideration that, after I submitted a plea for help
> on Savannah, two people volunteered for developer. 
WOW!! That is great news.

> Maybe we can divert some workforce on this, then.
> Please tell me what you think!
I think this is a great idea.

-- Harley
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