Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 21:40:48 -0800 From: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.osd.bsdi.com> To: Peter Wemm <peter@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release/sysinstall disks.c Message-ID: <80855.979537248@winston.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: Message from Peter Wemm <peter@FreeBSD.org> of "Sun, 14 Jan 2001 21:29:53 PST." <200101150529.f0F5TrX86109@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Well, last time we settled the issue, the consensus was that the feature should stop being "waved" at users (e.g. they should not be asked) but that an obscure key sequence be added for getting at dangerously dedicated mode. I still have a test machine here, of comparatively modern design, which won't install *without* DD mode and I've tried quite a number of different geometries for it without success (it's all SCSI, not IDE) so DD mode can't go away or not be a conceivable option from sysinstall at installation time. I'm sure I'm also not the only one in this boat. When the libdisk code correctly divines the geometry 10 out of 10 times and results in a working installation, that's when DD mode should be completely and utterly killed. Until then, it's sometimes the only way forward. - Jordan > peter 2001/01/14 21:29:53 PST > > Modified files: > release/sysinstall disks.c > Log: > Don't invite trouble by waving the 'Dangerously Dedicated' (DD) option > at people. This has been sitting in my tree for a few months now. I > have spoken with quite a few folks about this and the support for doing > this was pretty strong. I dont remember names though, so I cannot share > the blame :-(. Note that this does not *remove* DD mode, it just stops > waving it at new users. You can still set it via config files etc, and > the bootblocks and kernel still support it. You can still use disklabel > to make true DD disks. > > Revision Changes Path > 1.124 +3 -10 src/release/sysinstall/disks.c > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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