Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 13:16:36 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> To: synker@sanyusan.se (synker) Cc: rnordier@nordier.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Update bootblocks with dedicated disks? Message-ID: <199901041116.NAA00747@ceia.nordier.com> In-Reply-To: <19990104105719.A15320@sanyusan.se> from synker at "Jan 4, 99 10:57:20 am"
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synker wrote: > Maybe I could also ask if it recommended to use 'dangerously dedicated' > disks on a FreeBSD server or not. > > Some ppl in both freebsd mailinglista and in news said that it is not > recommended to use the 'dangerrously dedicated' disks since there have been > some reported trouble with those? Anybody know of what kind of trouble? The trouble with "dangerously dedicated" disks is that they appear, to everything besides FreeBSD, to contain a corrupted "partition" table (slice table, in BSD terms). If you let some non-FreeBSD disk utility near the disk, it may decide to "fix" the damage. Also, according to the FAQ, some BIOSes may refuse to boot a disk if they believe the table is invalid. Folks who are more orientated to UNIX on non-PC hardware may prefer an unsliced (dangerously dedicated) disk for consistency. So, unless you are strongly in favor of unsliced disks, you probably don't want to use them. > > And if I should use 'standard' disks with slices instead how can I get FreeBSD > to boot? Last time I tried this 'BootEasy' popped up after reboot and showed: > > F1: BSD > F2: ???? or something... > > Since FreeBSd is the only OS on my boxes I couldnt boot by pressing F1. I had > to use a floppy and type in the kernel location by hand at the boot prompt. You probably want the sysinstall "Standard MBR" option, or the fdisk equivalent, rather than boot0/booteasy. With this option, the disk is dedicated to one OS, but not dangerously so. -- Robert Nordier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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