From owner-freebsd-bugs Thu Nov 6 00:22:01 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id AAA00157 for bugs-outgoing; Thu, 6 Nov 1997 00:22:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs) Received: from sax.sax.de (sax.sax.de [193.175.26.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id AAA00149 for ; Thu, 6 Nov 1997 00:21:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from j@uriah.heep.sax.de) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by sax.sax.de (8.6.12/8.6.12-s1) with UUCP id JAA17464; Thu, 6 Nov 1997 09:21:09 +0100 Received: (from j@localhost) by uriah.heep.sax.de (8.8.7/8.8.5) id JAA20289; Thu, 6 Nov 1997 09:01:57 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <19971106090156.CT27970@uriah.heep.sax.de> Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 09:01:56 +0100 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: dgilbert@jaywon.pci.on.ca (David Gilbert) Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: i386/4948 References: <199711052242.OAA07403@freefall.freebsd.org> <199711052321.SAA11200@repeat.pci.on.ca> X-Mailer: Mutt 0.60_p2-3,5,8-9 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Phone: +49-351-2012 669 X-PGP-Fingerprint: DC 47 E6 E4 FF A6 E9 8F 93 21 E0 7D F9 12 D6 4E Reply-To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) In-Reply-To: <199711052321.SAA11200@repeat.pci.on.ca>; from David Gilbert on Nov 5, 1997 18:21:04 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk As David Gilbert wrote: > Ok, I'm not a total newbie. From HARDWARE.TXT: > > If you are setting up a truly dedicated FreeBSD server or work- > station where you don't care for (future) compatibility with DOS, > Linux or another operating system, you've also got the option to use > the entire disk (`A' in the partition editor), selecting the ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > non-standard option where FreeBSD occupies the entire disk from ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > the very first to the very last sector. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > I did choose (and I almost always choose) A in the partition > editor. I'm going to boot now to look for "dangerously dedicated" > mode, but I'm not convinced that I'm running afoul of this edict. It's the underlined you didn't do. Sorry, i guess i wrote it, and my English is probably not the best. Try to reword it to make it better. Basically, after typing `A', another message box will pop up with the question shown below. The default answer is YES (to prevent innocent win(l)users from shooting in their foot), but you have to select NO. The dialog text in FreeBSD 2.2.5 even refers to the term `dangerously dedicated, now that so many people are using this word: Do you want to do this with a true partition entry so as to remain cooperative with any future possible operating systems on the drive(s)? (See also the section about ``dangerously dedicated'' disks in the FreeBSD FAQ.) Mind you, we haven't created this name on purpose from the very beginning, it's just what the mailing list people finally settled on, mostly for hysterical raisons. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)