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Date:      Mon, 14 Apr 2003 09:51:49 -0500
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1050763912.b61477@mired.org>
To:        =?unknown-8bit?Q?S=EAr=EAciya_Kurdistan=EE?= <sereciya@kurdistan.ath.cx>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 2nd HD
Message-ID:  <16026.51973.643792.815186@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030414051345.GA86213@kurdistan.ath.cx>
References:  <FC0CEBD77311DA499A67ADB355A24FA2F63550@mail4.oulan.ou.edu> <20030414051345.GA86213@kurdistan.ath.cx>

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In <20030414051345.GA86213@kurdistan.ath.cx>, =?unknown-8bit?Q?S=EAr=EAciya_Kurdistan=EE?= <sereciya@kurdistan.ath.cx> typed:
>   4) choose "c" to create a slice (partition)
>      ....or...
>      choose "a" to select entire drive

Generally, you want to create a slice instead of use the entire
drive. Some BIOSes don't play nice with drives that don't have slices
on them, and may wipe out your partition information. Creating one
slice that covers the entire disk has a trivial space cost and avoids
all those problems.

	<mike
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Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>		http://www.mired.org/consulting.html
Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information.



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