Date: Sun, 4 Aug 1996 16:30:09 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> To: BRETT_GLASS@ccgate.infoworld.com Cc: gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, randy@zyzzyva.com, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mapped geometry vs. Actual Message-ID: <199608042330.QAA00257@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <9607048391.AA839195514@ccgate.infoworld.com> from "BRETT_GLASS@ccgate.infoworld.com" at "Aug 4, 96 03:52:17 pm"
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> > I think you mean BSD paritions, not "slices". A partition to DOS is a > > "slice" to BSD. > > Maybe I do, then. But in any event, what I've noticed is that the program > that creates areas for your filesystems, swap space, etc. seems to force > things to "cylinder" boundaries. Which is silly, because the boundaries > aren't the TRUE cylinder boundaries. sysinstall is the only thing that I know of that does this, I can put things where ever I wish with disklabel, even make them overlap... -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD
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