From owner-freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 15 19:26:06 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05AE116A9A3 for ; Sun, 15 Aug 2004 19:25:48 +0000 (GMT) Received: from gromit.dlib.vt.edu (gromit.dlib.vt.edu [128.173.49.29]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD4DF43D46 for ; Sun, 15 Aug 2004 19:25:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu) Received: from hawkwind.Chelsea-Ct.Org (pool-151-199-91-61.roa.east.verizon.net [151.199.91.61]) by gromit.dlib.vt.edu (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i7FJPdCd096236 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sun, 15 Aug 2004 15:25:41 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu) Received: from [192.168.1.25] (zappa [192.168.1.25])i7FJPWDE013197; Sun, 15 Aug 2004 15:25:33 -0400 (EDT) From: Paul Mather To: Allan Fields In-Reply-To: <20040815184030.GD21307@afields.ca> References: <200408142223.i7EMNdY00919@Mail.NOSPAM.DynDNS.dK> <20040815184030.GD21307@afields.ca> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1092597931.18338.25.camel@zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 15:25:32 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GEOM and NetBSD compatibility question X-BeenThere: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: GEOM-specific discussions and implementations List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 19:26:06 -0000 On Sun, 2004-08-15 at 14:40, Allan Fields wrote: > On Sun, Aug 15, 2004 at 12:23:39AM +0200, Barry Bouwsma wrote: [...] > > It's a property of the NetBSD disklabel that the `d' partition > > covers the whole disk. Additionally, I use the additional > > right Well, mostly right. I believe most NetBSD ports treat the "c" partition as covering the whole disk and only the i386 (and related?) port applies this semantic to the "d" partition instead (due to historical precedent?). I know this is definitely the case for NetBSD/alpha. There, "c" covers the whole disk and is the one intended for "whole drive" access. The same goes for NetBSD/pmax. (Those are the ones with which I've had direct experience.) Cheers, Paul. -- e-mail: paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu "Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid." --- Frank Vincent Zappa