From owner-freebsd-current Thu Dec 13 2:52:37 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from alogis.com (firewall.solit-ag.de [212.184.102.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C278037B41A; Thu, 13 Dec 2001 02:52:33 -0800 (PST) Received: (from hk@localhost) by alogis.com (8.11.1/8.9.3) id fBDAqV988628; Thu, 13 Dec 2001 11:52:31 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from hk) Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 11:52:31 +0100 From: Holger Kipp To: Greg Lehey Cc: Mike Smith , Joerg Wunsch , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "Dangerously Decidated" yet again (was : cvs commit: src/sys/kern subr_diskmbr.c) Message-ID: <20011213115231.A85142@intserv.int1.b.intern> Reply-To: Holger.Kipp@alogis.com References: <20011210130713.C63585@monorchid.lemis.com> <200112100817.fBA8HEe07837@mass.dis.org> <20011210192709.H63585@monorchid.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20011210192709.H63585@monorchid.lemis.com>; from grog@FreeBSD.ORG on Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 07:27:09PM +1030 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 07:27:09PM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: > suggests, that this is a fixable bug, but every time I mention it, I > get shouted down. And yes, like Jörg, I don't care enough. I'm not > saying "ditch the Microsoft partition table", I'm saying "don't ditch > disks without the Microsoft partition table". Note also that, > although this is so "dangerous", it has never bitten me on any system. So far I had no problems with dangerously dedicated mode. As I usually use FreeBSD on dedicated server hardware, I prefer the "dangerously" dedicated style. => Add me to the list of people who'd like the "dangerously dedicated" option to stay in. > What is it about this particular topic brings out such irrational > emotions in you and others? On my part I am very calm (for now). I see it this way: on FreeBSD I can choose if I want to use M$ partition table or not. This is what I call freedom of choice, and I don't want to loose it, if there are no substantial reasons to do so. Currently I don't see any. Just my two Pfennigs (soon only 1 Eurocent) Regards, Holger Kipp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message