Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 10:23:46 -0700 (MST) From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> Cc: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Removal of Disklabel (was: Re: Dangerously Dedicated) Message-ID: <14873.24098.233002.62004@nomad.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <200011201410.eAKEAUQ68747@cwsys.cwsent.com> References: <200011201347.eAKDl7F12951@mass.osd.bsdi.com> <200011201410.eAKEAUQ68747@cwsys.cwsent.com>
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> > > As the PC architecture requires, just use an fdisk partition rather > > > than a disklabel slice (slices are what UNIX vendors call them). For > > > that matter I'd be happy if we removed disklabel from the picture > > > entirely. I think that should be our goal. The architecture requires > > > an fdisk label and disklabel is redundant. It seems like a no-brainer > > > to me, just remove support for disklabel entirely. Simple and end of > > > argument. > > > > This is painful for lots of other reasons, and the counter-argument is > > that this is change for change's sake rather than change to a useful end. > > Not necessarily. Many people complain about the redundancy of > partitions and slices. Let's remove one level as the suggest. As the > PC architecture uses fdisk partitions, let's use that. No more > arguments. That's not good enough. The PC architecture limits us to 4-total partitions, which isn't good enough. It's not even good enough for M$, so they invented 'extended partitions, which is a M$-only feature. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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