Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 14:42:58 -0500 From: David Uhring <duhring@charter.net> To: Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com>, Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: Thomas Stromberg <tstromberg@rtci.com>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: No /boot/loader (dangerously dedicated) Message-ID: <00072314472900.27722@dave> In-Reply-To: <200007231933.PAA00475@aldan.algebra.com> References: <200007231933.PAA00475@aldan.algebra.com>
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On Sun, 23 Jul 2000, Mikhail Teterin wrote: > Doug White once stated: > > => Wait! Smarter then what? So it can boot NT and Win98 for some > => weenies, or, actually do something useful (not sure what, though)? > => Why am I to waste space (even so little) "to be compatible with other > => OSes", if there will never be any other OSes? > = > =So you'll be compatible with your BIOS as well. Many BIOSen get really, > =really torqued if your partition table isn't normal. > > I'm yet to see a BIOS, for which this is true. May be, I'm just lucky... > > =It's a negligible amount of space. Just say 'Yes'. :) > > Althouh, I'm delighted to see my opinion matter so much :), I don't see > the benefit. Making the loader smarter? To do what? To play some silly > animations, while loading kernel? No thanks... > > -mi I have to agree with Mikhail. On a dedicated server, there is no need to concern ourselves with future OS additions to the HD. And I haven't had any problems with BIOS's as old as IBM's from 1995, although I suspect that some of Compaq's BIOS's may give rise to problems. My one Compaq box gives a warning about running a configuration utility to install Unix, but I can't find it on their web site. Leave the option as is; it ain't broken, don't fix it. dave To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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