Re: Libstore && libparted patches.

[Harley D. Eades III]

Here are test runs using the patches.
I include all output here if there where errors you would be 
seeing them all output is included.

Here is parted auto probeing all devices:

        hurd:/home/hde# projects/PATCHED_parted-1.6.11/parted/.libs/parted      
   
        GNU Parted 1.6.11
        Copyright (C) 1998 - 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
        This program is free software, covered by the GNU General Public 
License.

        This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
        without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A 
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
        See the GNU General Public License for more details.

        Using /dev/hd0
        (parted)

Here is the store typed syntax:

        hurd:/home/hde# projects/PATCHED_parted-1.6.11/parted/.libs/parted 
device:hd2
        GNU Parted 1.6.11
        Copyright (C) 1998 - 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
        This program is free software, covered by the GNU General Public 
License.

        This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
        without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A 
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
        See the GNU General Public License for more details.

        Using device:hd2
        (parted) p                                                              
  
        Disk geometry for device:hd2: 0.000-1033.347 megabytes
        Disk label type: sun
        Minor    Start       End     Filesystem  Flags
        1          0.000   1000.000              boot
        (parted)

Here is the path syntax:

        hurd:/home/hde# projects/PATCHED_parted-1.6.11/parted/.libs/parted 
/dev/hd0  
        GNU Parted 1.6.11
        Copyright (C) 1998 - 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
        This program is free software, covered by the GNU General Public 
License.

        This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
        without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A 
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
        See the GNU General Public License for more details.

        Using /dev/hd0
        (parted) p                                                              
  
        Disk geometry for /dev/hd0: 0.000-1222.593 megabytes
        Disk label type: msdos
        Minor    Start       End     Type      Filesystem  Flags
        1          0.031     61.031  primary   linux-swap  
        2         61.031   1222.593  primary   ext2        boot
        (parted)

Thanks
hde        

ams@kemisten.nu (Alfred M. Szmidt) writes:

> Oh, send a short test run showing that this actually works.  I can't
> check it right now since my GNU/Hurd box is hosed...