From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 18 00:05:43 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 305581065694 for ; Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:05:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dnebdal@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f218.google.com (mail-ew0-f218.google.com [209.85.219.218]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7A738FC12 for ; Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:05:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy18 with SMTP id 18so2864451ewy.43 for ; Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:05:41 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=YJHfD7Td+35aJh0mWbyiFLePqmF8hX9feiDcOdXP4PQ=; b=kZy8CGJdeP6+j0wcrZDqXhaRiqUAn1peQz8hYt93vIl6eGxGl9RIV40ct4mvwRUZ8n mo9WRknLKlmsL/eXUVds+mHwNatC8E0eYU7Cs71z8DZUDLpzmpt2cgMrGnZqkpSZMjq5 +MLdbN989dI6NO8EksIcMsbuQZNo/xAIng+ic= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=pZ9+vYOtDBltozVWrp5wiDcCen8mKlozaqwD3WqNUaLy33yi9kYc7IwpIyQ3ZmLbBa Um9dbfm1BrvcnqxwT2C9pqV8l5Lk0EVxo5tysIVg42voF0HVuUO5vJXDEYM12Nl69wgU 52ewZ5qMornTXkB0IjNBKTlYWZ0Q+Nv6tikeU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.88.80 with SMTP id z58mr1188988wee.116.1255824341722; Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:05:41 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <86ljja3ud5.fsf@ds4.des.no> References: <4ACE6D84.3000209@gmail.com> <4ACE833A.3030506@uffner.com> <4ACE9DFD.3010207@gmail.com> <200910131644.04358.john@baldwin.cx> <86ljja3ud5.fsf@ds4.des.no> Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:05:41 +0200 Message-ID: From: Daniel Nebdal To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag=2DErling_Sm=F8rgrav?= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Antony Mawer , John Baldwin , David Ehrmann , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8.0rc1 not recognizing partitions on EPIA SN X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:05:43 -0000 2009/10/17 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav : > Antony Mawer writes: >> Am I correct in reading this as saying that -any- system which was >> setup as dangerously dedicated will be unbootable under 8.0, and the >> only way to fix is to basically repartition and reinstall...? If so >> ... !!! > > You brought it upon yourself by setting it up that way in the first > place. =A0It's called *dangerously* dedicated for a reason. > Indeed, though I was under the impression that the reason was "nothing else will understand this", not "we might not support this in the future". The definition from the relevant handbook section seems relevant: > *(dangerously) dedicated mode: Formatting a disk with no slice table. > This makes the process of adding disks easier, however non-FreeBSD > operating systems may not accept the disk. > Oppose compatibility mode. Then again, the same handbook page (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/formatting-media/index.html) does warn against "interoperability with future installations", which could be read as a warning against these problems. --=20 Daniel Nebdal