Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 08:57:06 +1100 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Vallo Kallaste <vallo@matti.ee> Cc: Peter Dufault <dufault@hda.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Crash in currtprio, after dumping no operating system.. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003050847160.5165-100000@alphplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <20000303120538.A14750@myhakas.matti.ee>
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On Fri, 3 Mar 2000, Vallo Kallaste wrote: > On Fri, Mar 03, 2000 at 03:23:17PM +1100, Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> wrote: > > The dump fills up precisely the entire 'b' partition. Since the > > partition begins at offset 0, the dump overwrites the label at sector > > offset 1 and any bootblocks at sector offsets 0-15. This misconfiguration > > is handled for swapping but not for dumping. > Thanks for clarifying, but now I have next question. Why sysinstall > allows such misconfiguration? As I understand now the right way is I don't know about sysinstall, but disklabel allows it because it is a *nix utility; it does exactly what you tell it to do. > start the disk with root partition not swap. The disklabel shown here > was created with 4.0-20000228-CURRENT sysinstall. It seems now I'm wrong > but I always thought the best place for swap is the beginning of disk. > Can you please confirm that the common practise is disklabel with root > partition in the beginning of disk? The root partition is normally first to simplify booting. The swap partition is normally next in an attempt to minimise seeks. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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