Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:05:23 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Maxim Khitrov <max@mxcrypt.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: glabel causes "GEOM: ada1: media size does not match label" messages Message-ID: <20110321120523.e6cdb00d.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikqCdbFSN_OixwKTsQAQ1ewy9LobN-jF3_dSHKu@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTi=bEcXjKkY6Rpv6ECHyt4qSA0KBDJ-z0VB_CJ6z@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTik7C-RNLN09WzL67DOkmb_N_y3J2iDSx9fsoQGK@mail.gmail.com> <87k4ftp01o.fsf@oak.localnet> <AANLkTikqCdbFSN_OixwKTsQAQ1ewy9LobN-jF3_dSHKu@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 06:40:51 -0400, Maxim Khitrov <max@mxcrypt.com> wrote: > I've been using 'dangerously dedicated' partitioning for years without > any issues. What problems have been reported by others? I think those "problems" originate from some operating systems not able to work with disks that do not come with a DOS-style partition table. This may be restricted to DOS-related operating systems (which I personally do not have to care about). For my needs, there has never been a problem booting from such a layout or accessing it. If you just have one slice (a.k.a. "DOS primary partition") and no other operating systems on the disk, there is _no_ particular requirement to create a slice, as far as I could experience. However, it may be needed in multi-boot constellations. The word "dangerous" (deserving the quotes) is, in my opinion, used to emphasize that there is the "danger" that *OTHER* operating systems can't deal with it. Those systems are traditionally located in MICROS~1 land. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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