Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 13:38:39 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Joerg Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern subr_diskmbr.c Message-ID: <XFMail.011210133839.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20011209102129.F97235@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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On 09-Dec-01 Joerg Wunsch wrote: > As Peter Wemm wrote: > >> There shouldn't *be* bootblocks on non-boot disks. >> >> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da$n count=1 >> >> Dont use "disklabel -B -rw da$n auto". Use "disklabel -rw da$n auto". > > All my disks have bootblocks and (spare) boot partitions. All the > bootblocks are DD mode. I don't see any point in using obsolete fdisk > tables. (There's IMHO only one purpose obsolete fdisk tables are good > for, co-operation with other operating systems in the same machine. > None of my machines uses anything else than FreeBSD.) Well, since they are a de facto part of the PC architecture they are also good so that you don't break BIOS's. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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