Date: Sun, 04 Aug 1996 21:39:36 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com> To: BRETT_GLASS@ccgate.infoworld.com Cc: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, randy@zyzzyva.com, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mapped geometry vs. Actual Message-ID: <2218.839187576@critter.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 04 Aug 1996 11:24:24 PST." <9607048391.AA839179464@ccgate.infoworld.com>
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In message <9607048391.AA839179464@ccgate.infoworld.com>, BRETT_GLASS@ccgate.in foworld.com writes: >>> 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. That is also for backwards compatibility mode. 386BSD :-) we could nuke that now... -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.
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