Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 09:39:39 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> To: phk@FreeBSD.org (Poul-Henning Kamp) Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/i386/fdisk fdisk.8 fdisk.c Message-ID: <199908231639.JAA35380@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> In-Reply-To: <199908231106.EAA49762@freefall.freebsd.org> from Poul-Henning Kamp at "Aug 23, 1999 04:06:20 am"
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> phk 1999/08/23 04:06:20 PDT > > Modified files: > sbin/i386/fdisk fdisk.8 fdisk.c > Log: > Add new option to fdisk: -e > > This wipes the MBR and creates slice 1 as a FreeBSD slice covering the > disk starting from the second track to the cylinder aligned end of the disk. > > This is the most compatibly layout we have as far as I know. Slightly more compatible is to use cylinder aligned end - 1 cylinder, many fdisk reserve the last cylinder of the disk for hardware diagnostics, and I still have tools around that like to scrible out there if I tell them to run disk last cyl diags.... > Revision Changes Path > 1.15 +9 -7 src/sbin/i386/fdisk/fdisk.8 > 1.30 +31 -6 src/sbin/i386/fdisk/fdisk.c -- Rod Grimes - KD7CAX - (RWG25) rgrimes@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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