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>> WRT partitions, do you think it would be useful to have them within a
>>slice ? I've been thinking about allowing GPT partitions within a
>>slice for a while, although it does complicate the loader a bit.
> 
> 
> 	I don't really know, I assumed that was the way it worked on PPC as
> 	well as i386.  But considering we don't have the slice restrictions,
> 	it does make sense to use one partition / slice (as OS X sees it).
> 
> 	How is it on Alpha ?  If there's a precedent there, it might be the
> 	way to go.

  Alpha uses native MBR slices/BSD partitions ala FreeBSD/i386.

later,

Peter.