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Date:      Mon, 20 Nov 2000 11:23:01 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Jim King <jim@jimking.net>
Cc:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Dedicated disks (was: Dangerously Dedicated)
Message-ID:  <20001120112301.T58333@echunga.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <002901c0528b$e934d760$04e48486@marble>; from jim@jimking.net on Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 06:50:40PM -0600
References:  <20001120105211.O58333@echunga.lemis.com> <XFMail.001120105948.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20001120110319.P58333@echunga.lemis.com> <002901c0528b$e934d760$04e48486@marble>

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On Sunday, 19 November 2000 at 18:50:40 -0600, Jim King wrote:
> Greg Lehey wrote:
>
>>> Why is DD ever _needed_?
>>
>> Because Microsoft partition tables waste space.
>
> That's a really weak argument, given the price and size of drives
> nowadays.

It's a matter of principle.  Why waste?

Greg
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