Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 00:17:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Mike Hoskins <mike@adept.org> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com>, Thomas Stromberg <tstromberg@rtci.com>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: No /boot/loader (dangerously dedicated) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007230015100.20802-100000@snafu.adept.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007222146180.2299-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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On Sat, 22 Jul 2000, Doug White wrote: > > => Your boot disk is now *required* (or will be very very soon) to have > > => a proper slice table in -CURRENT; dedicated disks are deprecated in > > => order to get a smarter boot0. > > > > Wait! Smarter then what? So it can boot NT and Win98 for some weenies, > > or, actually do something useful (not sure what, though)? Why am I to > > waste space (even so little) "to be compatible with other OSes", if > > there will never be any other OSes? > > So you'll be compatible with your BIOS as well. Many BIOSen get really, > really torqued if your partition table isn't normal. > > It's a negligible amount of space. Just say 'Yes'. :) This means, what? All dangerously dedicated systems will have to be reinstalled or somesuch? If so, that's quite a mess. If it keeps working as is, but only suggests the new way is better... that's livable. My BIOSes (6 systems here at home, all RELENG_4) work just fine with dangerously dedicated... -mrh To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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