Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 15:18:31 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@columbus.rr.com> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>, FreeBSD-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Dangerously dedicated (was Re: Really odd "BTX halted" problem booting FreeBSD on VALinux h) Message-ID: <39FDD797.47B18AC7@columbus.rr.com> References: <XFMail.001030112822.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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John Baldwin wrote: > It is kind of semantic. However, on the alpha it is hardly dangerous. Nor > do we fake a MBR on the alpha (which is what makes it dangerous). The alpha > architecture doesn't use MBR's, but the PC arch does. Thus, having a disklabel > on the alpha is normal, having one at the start of a PC disk requires ugly > hacks that break the PC arch, hence the difference. Do I understand you correctly? Are you saying there are potential problems with a "dangerously dedicated" HDD on a PC? I don't use Micros~1 products on any of my machines (acutally, I use nothing but FreeBSD) so I've assumed that there's no reason to do anything other than "dangerously dedicated". Am I wrong is thinking that?? Is this one of those issues where "if it boots, it'll be fine" or is it something that could bite me later?? -Bill To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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