Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 00:33:24 +0100 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: mount -o async on a news servre Message-ID: <Mutt.19970115003324.j@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199701141726.KAA29974@phaeton.artisoft.com>; from Terry Lambert on Jan 14, 1997 10:26:57 -0700 References: <Mutt.19970113222542.j@uriah.heep.sax.de> <199701141726.KAA29974@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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As Terry Lambert wrote: > > Btw., FreeBSD also re-reads the geometry later if needed. The number > > presented at boot is only for convenience there. > > *Convenience*?!?!?! Yes, 99.5 % of all disks claimed by the `sd' driver are non-removable. It's often convenient to remember that the number of blocks appeared in the boot message (and thus, in /var/log/messages), for later reference. I'm pitying you that you're among the remaining 0.5 %. :-) -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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