Re: [patch] NetBSD disklabel support for geom_bsd

From: Julian Elischer <julian_at_elischer.org>
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:32:35 -0800
Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:

>"Daniel Eriksson" <daniel_k_eriksson_at_telia.com> writes:
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>>Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
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>>>It is still possible to create dangerously dedicated disks, btw, and
>>>it is still possible to put a disklabel (or even a filesystem)
>>>directly on a device.  GEOM means *more* freedom, not less.
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>>I've been putting filesystems directly on devices for some time
>>now. Are there any drawbacks to doing this?
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>Not unless you want to boot from them.
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>DES
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given that "dangerously dedicated" mode had a dummy bootblock that 
referenced itself
and loaded the next stage boot, that used to work.. I presume it still 
does..?
Received on Fri Mar 17 2006 - 21:32:40 UTC

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