Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 19:50:13 +0100 From: Joerg Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern subr_diskmbr.c Message-ID: <20011209195013.J97235@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20011209225258.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>; from doconnor@gsoft.com.au on Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 10:52:58PM %2B1030 References: <44735.1007899299@verdi.nethelp.no> <XFMail.20011209225258.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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As Daniel O'Connor wrote: > I don't understand the need some people have for using something > that is labelled as DANGEROUS. Historically, it hasn't been labelled that, it only later became common terminology for it -- in the typical half-joking manner. > No, it won't hurt your cats but you may lose hair from using it, and > for what benefit? NONE! See my other reply about fdisk tables: they are a misdesign from the beginning. The single most wanted feature it buys you is the ability to completely forget the term `geometry' with your disks: the very first sectors of a disk always have the same BIOS int 0x13 representation, regardless of what your BIOS/controller thinks the `geometry' might be. Thus, those disks are basically portable between controller BIOSes. (Modulo those newer broken BIOSes that believe eggs must be smarter than hens -- see my other article for an opinion.) -- cheers, J"org .-.-. --... ...-- -.. . DL8DTL http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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