Date: Sun, 04 Aug 96 11:24:24 PST From: BRETT_GLASS@ccgate.infoworld.com To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, randy@zyzzyva.com, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mapped geometry vs. Actual Message-ID: <9607048391.AA839179464@ccgate.infoworld.com>
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>> It seems as if it also tries to force disk slices to >> cylinder boundaries -- which is silly on ZBR drives or when sector >> mapping is done. > That is to maintain compatibility with other operating systems, if you > don't do this some other OS's fdisk may try to ``fix'' your MBR partition > table for you and make a royal mess of things instead. I said "slices," not "partitions." FreeBSD seems to insist upon moving things to cylinder boundaries even within partitions.
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