Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 12:13:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: bde@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-sys@FreeBSD.ORG, luoqi@watermarkgroup.com Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/i386 autoconf.c src/sys/kern kern_shutdown.c Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980513120737.10467L-100000@current1.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <199805131855.EAA24203@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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On Thu, 14 May 1998, Bruce Evans wrote: > >> I don't want to use a disk label. I use a DOS partition (shared with > >> Linux) for swap and dumps. I had to label it to get it to work under > >> FreeBSD (except under SLICEd kernel which don't recognise labels on Linux > >> swap partitions). > > > >That's not really an acceptable kludge for production.. > > It's standard BSD. To use a disk, you have to label it. It's Linux's > problem if the label breaks operation under Linux :-). > > >the disklabel doesn't make sense in the contect of a linux partition. > > Labels make sense on all disks. Labels Only make sense on dedicated BSD owned parts of a disk > > >that's why it doesn't get looked for with SLICE. > >(It could be changed (one line change), but that would be rather unclean). > > This is required for backwards compatibility. The next changes will just abolish the test for a label, and replace it with a request to the device handler. should be transparent to even your setup.. (the disklabel in the linux part will just not be looked at) > > >Whether a disk subsection is swappable or dumpable needs to be > >independent of whether it is labled or not or whether it ends in the last > >letter 'b'. > > Yes, it should be decided by the user asking for it. I agree that that is an acceptable option. julian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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