From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 10 01:33:23 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 204EC106566B for ; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:33:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from listreader@lazlarlyricon.com) Received: from proxy3.bredband.net (proxy3.bredband.net [195.54.101.73]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFF628FC14 for ; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:33:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ipb2.telenor.se (195.54.127.165) by proxy3.bredband.net (7.3.140.3) id 4AD3E1BA0188CFAE for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:33:21 +0100 X-SMTPAUTH-B2: X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AotMANfeH0tV44PPPGdsb2JhbACBS5c8glMBAQEBN7l7hCwEhWg X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.47,371,1257116400"; d="scan'208";a="13602554" Received: from c-cf83e355.09-42-6e6b7010.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se (HELO lazlar.kicks-ass.net) ([85.227.131.207]) by ipb2.telenor.se with ESMTP; 10 Dec 2009 02:33:20 +0100 Message-ID: <4B204FDD.3070005@lazlarlyricon.com> Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:33:17 +0100 From: Rolf Nielsen User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20091209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20091209002231.EB7D01065741@hub.freebsd.org> <675083.74248.qm@web65510.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> <20091210012256.7d2e8240@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <20091210012256.7d2e8240@gumby.homeunix.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Dangerously Dedicated X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:33:23 -0000 RW wrote: > On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 11:42:31 -0800 (PST) > James Phillips wrote: > > >> I sort of followed the discussion as well. There was some >> disagreement about what "dangreously dedicated" means. Does it mean >> getting rid of the DOS partition table (slices?) Or, does it mean >> creating a slice or disks without BSD partitions? > > It means the former. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > As far as I understand it, it's called Dangerously Dedicated because it may cause other systems not to recognise the disk. Consequently, newfs'ing a slice without first partitioning it can hardly be DD, since that is what other systems do, right?