From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 30 2:32: 8 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13ABA37B423; Mon, 30 Apr 2001 02:32:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bright@fw.wintelcom.net) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id f3U9W1W05532; Mon, 30 Apr 2001 02:32:01 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 02:32:01 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein To: d_f0rce@gmx.de Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "Dangerously Dedicated" setting in 4.3-R install Message-ID: <20010430023201.W18676@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <20892.988622448@www36.gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20892.988622448@www36.gmx.net>; from d_f0rce@gmx.de on Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 11:20:48AM +0200 X-all-your-base: are belong to us. Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * d_f0rce@gmx.de [010430 02:21] wrote: > Hi, > > I installed 4.3-R from ISO image some minutes ago and was > wondering why the setup is no longer asking me if my slice > should be a dedicated FreeBSD one. > > I tried "standard" and "expert" install mode but in none > of them i was asked. > > Is there a special reason, why this option was removed? Too many people shooting themselves in the feet. It also stuck those people with systems where certain boot tricks were no longer possible. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [alfred@freebsd.org] Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message