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From: abe@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Vic Abell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: disk program damages OD label
Summary: Why can't /etc/disk read the type from the label?
Keywords: omd-1-all
Message-ID: <1798@mace.cc.purdue.edu>
Date: 22 Feb 89 16:46:40 GMT
References: <1779@mace.cc.purdue.edu> <7027@polya.Stanford.EDU>
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> ali@polya.Stanford.EDU (Ali T. Ozer) writes:
> 
> If your disk is built with omd-all-1, then you need to specify this type
> when specifying the hostname and label info. For instance:
> 
> 	disk -H hostname -t omd-all-1 /dev/rod0a

Why can't /etc/disk try to read the type info from the disk label,
especially when one is using disk's interactive mode to update
label information?  That way, it would be possible to write a host
name and a disk label name without having to explicitly state [and
make a typo on  :-)] or know the type.