[haiku-development] Re: mkfs utility for haiku
- From: "Daniel McLean" <daniel.mclean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 22:33:56 +1000
With flash based storage media becoming more popular it's probably worth
considering that flash commonly erases to 1's.
Granted there's probably a storage controller between the actual flash chips
and the IDE/SATA interface, and it may not be an issue, it's probably safer
to not assume 1 or 0 and to leave the bits are they are and do a quick
format....
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[mailto:haiku-development-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stephan Assmus
Sent: Wednesday, 7 May 2008 10:26 PM
To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [haiku-development] Re: mkfs utility for haiku
Marco Minutoli wrote:
> On Wed, 07 May 2008 12:32:57 +0200
> Gabriele Biffi <mlist@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >
> > Uh, if we want to be truly KISS, a generic mkfs is too complex :)
> >
> > There's already mkbfs, mkiso, etc. what's the need for a generic tool?
> > To make user's life simple. A quick wipe is a simple work and adds that
> > little security that's always welcome.
>
> As far as I know there isn't a working mkbfs already and that's why we
> are here talking about mkfs :). I, as a user, expect that a CLT does just
> one thing(initialize a volume in this case no matter of the kind of
> volume). Now the point is: is wiping data part of the initialization
> process from a user point of view?
>
> I think no but that's only my cent. I will follow the decision of the
> majority.
I also think no. But I understand Gabriele looks at this from a point of
"protecting the user from him- or herself". A simple warning message could
do. In any case, it shouldn't write zeros by default, since that could be
unwanted in many situations. For example, I still remember how much I hated
installing Windows before it learned to quick-format partitions during
install.
> > > and this could take a
> > > *very* long time with big disks. So make it as default behavior I
> > > don't think is what an average user want.
> >
> > They won't like it as long as they don't know why it is better, trust
> > me :-) I did a little test with a friend...
> >
> > The help of the tool could explain this.
>
> Maybe a man page is more appropriate for this. I think the help should
> only contain a brief description of the options.
Yes. Make sure that the tool automatically displays it's help screen if it
detects improper usage.
Best regards,
-Stephan
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