Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 14:16:14 +0100 From: des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com> Cc: Vittorio <v.demartino2@virgilio.it> Subject: Re: Defining a new slice Message-ID: <864qgbba3l.fsf@xps.des.no> In-Reply-To: <868y5nba7x.fsf@xps.des.no> (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav's?= message of "Thu, 17 Feb 2005 14:13:38 %2B0100") References: <200502171308.59255.v.demartino2@virgilio.it> <200502170710.09116.algould@datawok.com> <868y5nba7x.fsf@xps.des.no>
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des@des.no (Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav) writes: > "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com> writes: > > If the administrator uses /stand/sysinstall to replace a Windows=20 > > partition that exists in front of the FreeBSD system partition with a=20 > > UFS partition, will this rename the system partition and break the=20 > > bootup process? > Yes. Umm, or rather: in 5.x it shouldn't, in 4.x it may. GEOM (used in 5.x but not in 4.x) killed off the "compatibility slice" which would lead to this problem. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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