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Date:      Wed, 3 Jan 1996 11:44:27 -0700 (MST)
From:      Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
To:        bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans)
Cc:        msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, phk@critter.tfs.com, bde@zeta.org.au, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, jkh@time.cdrom.com, obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu
Subject:   Re: X for install
Message-ID:  <199601031844.LAA15147@phaeton.artisoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <199601031424.BAA09953@godzilla.zeta.org.au> from "Bruce Evans" at Jan 4, 96 01:24:34 am

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> >(if the bios reports same geometry for two disks, then we don't care
> >if they are identical, since it will not confuse us.  We just need
> >a signature for each bios-geometry :-)
> 
> We need a unique signature for converting the BIOS boot drive number to
> the FreeBSD root drive name.

You need it for all drives:

dos_newfs
dos_mount
dos_fsck
...


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.



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