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Date:      Wed, 22 Nov 2000 22:35:58 -0700 (MST)
From:      Fred Clift <fclift@verio.net>
To:        "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
Cc:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG, Sam Zamarripa <samz@oz.net>, Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
Subject:   Re: Dedicated disks (was: Dangerously Dedicated)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011222234050.1193-100000@vespa.orem.iserver.com>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.001120111426.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>

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> 
> They _are_ necessary with certain BIOSen.

Not many if we just fixed the bogus fdisk table in boot1, though there
probably still are some...

> 
> At least remove the option from sysinstall so new users don't get
> stuck with it.

With this I agree.  Or at least hide it somewhat and have it nag you alot
about it.  Guiding new users into the path of least pain is _way_ _way_
different than removing functionality.  

Fred

--
Fred Clift - fclift@verio.net -- Remember: If brute 
force doesn't work, you're just not using enough.



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