From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Aug 4 11:04:26 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA16474 for hardware-outgoing; Sun, 4 Aug 1996 11:04:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA16466; Sun, 4 Aug 1996 11:04:24 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199608041804.LAA16466@freefall.freebsd.org> To: BRETT_GLASS@ccgate.infoworld.com cc: "Rodney W. Grimes" , msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, randy@zyzzyva.com, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mapped geometry vs. Actual In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 04 Aug 1996 11:24:24 PST." <9607048391.AA839179464@ccgate.infoworld.com> Date: Sun, 04 Aug 1996 11:04:24 -0700 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>> 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. I think you mean BSD paritions, not "slices". A partition to DOS is a "slice" to BSD. -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================