Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 14:10:09 -0400 From: "jason" <kib@mediaone.net> To: "Bill Moran" <wmoran@iowna.com>, "Wijnand Wiersma" <freebsd@4business.nl> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, <bart@hakkefest.linux-site.net> Subject: Re: partitions and slices Message-ID: <005101c14391$d1aa4380$89941bd8@speakeasy.net> References: <1001177460.317.3.camel@wiers556> <3BACC4DD.CB782750@iowna.com>
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I recently had trouble using slices within partitions. In FreeBSD 4.3 there is no visible option to do it any other way and it caused my FreeBSD only system to not boot. If you use the "F" command in the partitioning portion of the install rather than the "A" command it will allow you to use a "Dangerously Dedicated" partition which will probably work for better so long as you are not trying to run more than one OS on that machine. I do not know what is so "Dangerous" about doing it that way. It would seem that its more Dangerous to not do it that way. Besides, Who would want to run anything other than FreeBSD anyhow? :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Moran" <wmoran@iowna.com> To: "Wijnand Wiersma" <freebsd@4business.nl> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>; <bart@hakkefest.linux-site.net> Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 1:05 PM Subject: Re: partitions and slices > Wijnand Wiersma wrote: > > > > a friend of me asked me "why do I have to create slices within a > > partition? what's the function of this?" > > You don't have to. Using "dangerously dedicated" only creates partitions. > > > what's wrong with partitions > > only like linux?" > > Nothing, unless you want to install other OSes on the disk. BSD partitions > are not compatible with DOS and it's relatives. Therefore, if you want > the data accessible by other systems, you must create "slices" which > equate to DOS partitions, and then you can create BSD partitions within > the slices. All my disks are "dangerously dedicated" (because I use nothing > but FreeBSD) and there are no slices on them. > > -Bill > > -- > "Where's the robot to pat you on the back?" > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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