On 2/28/07, Ingo Weinhold <bonefish-CFLBMwTPW48UNGrzBIF7/Q@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> > * implement a command-line file system initialization tool (or extend
> > partition manager)
>
> It makes sense to include FS initialization in the partition manager, I
> think. What I have in mind is a simple Linux fdisk like tool that can also
> explicitely move/resize partitions and initialize FSs. It would nevertheless
> be nice to have a non-interactive mkfs command, too.
The GUI partition manager should offer all features, of course. In
order to split the work the command-line tools could be developed
separately, though.
> The kernel modules shouldn't be too much work either. If needed you can add
> more features (defragmenting and shrinking BFS, doing all that live, i.e.
> while mounted; we also have other FSs that could be extended).
Hehe, live defragmenting and shrinking would probably be whole
projects on their own. :)
What about unit tests for the DiskDeviceManager? How complete are they?
Bye,
Waldemar Kornewald
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