Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 10:21:29 +0100 From: Joerg Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern subr_diskmbr.c Message-ID: <20011209102129.F97235@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <20011209010912.F405A39EC@overcee.netplex.com.au>; from peter@wemm.org on Sat, Dec 08, 2001 at 05:09:11PM -0800 References: <200112082356.fB8NuII32772@uriah.heep.sax.de> <20011209010912.F405A39EC@overcee.netplex.com.au>
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As Peter Wemm wrote: > There shouldn't *be* bootblocks on non-boot disks. > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da$n count=1 > > Dont use "disklabel -B -rw da$n auto". Use "disklabel -rw da$n auto". All my disks have bootblocks and (spare) boot partitions. All the bootblocks are DD mode. I don't see any point in using obsolete fdisk tables. (There's IMHO only one purpose obsolete fdisk tables are good for, co-operation with other operating systems in the same machine. None of my machines uses anything else than FreeBSD.) -- cheers, J"org .-.-. --... ...-- -.. . DL8DTL http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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