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Date:      Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:07:58 +0100
From:      Gunther Nikl <gni@gecko.de>
To:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: swap at beginning of slice - danger?
Message-ID:  <20060316080758.GA3323@lorien.int.gecko.de>
In-Reply-To: <200603151542.k2FFgBSY038014@lurza.secnetix.de>
References:  <20060315161248.L47405@atlantis.atlantis.dp.ua> <200603151542.k2FFgBSY038014@lurza.secnetix.de>

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On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 04:42:11PM +0100, Oliver Fromme wrote:
> By the way, the first partition on a disk is usually the root partition,
> not the swap partition.  So the problem could arise only in unusual
> circumstances.

IMHO this is a very dangerous assumption since theres is no fixed layout
specified. I always have swap as first partition (starting at offset 0).
That way it was pretty easy switching to (g)vinum.

Gunther



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