Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 17:59:36 +0000 From: Keith Jones <keithj@sse0691.bri.hp.com> To: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removal of Disklabel (was: Re: Dangerously Dedicated) Message-ID: <20001120175935.B14723@moose.bri.hp.com> In-Reply-To: <14873.24098.233002.62004@nomad.yogotech.com>; from nate@yogotech.com on Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 10:23:46AM -0700 References: <200011201347.eAKDl7F12951@mass.osd.bsdi.com> <200011201410.eAKEAUQ68747@cwsys.cwsent.com> <14873.24098.233002.62004@nomad.yogotech.com>
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On Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 10:23:46AM -0700, Nate Williams wrote: > > [thread snipped] > > 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. <aol>Me too!</aol> I'm very fond of the fact that I can have five or six slices in a single PC-style partition. I've hit that limit a couple of times, with the result that my home machine has often had two BSD partitions on the same disk, each containing a number of disk slices. (Support for DOS extended partitions would mitigate this, and although it _is_ a M$ invention AFAIK, such support would probably be a Good Thing as far as the general populace is concerned.) I'd also think very carefully about changing the disk slice nomenclature from da0s1a/ad0s1a etc. to something new - I can still remember the last time it changed and I spent a number of hours tearing my hair out getting my machines to boot after the upgrade. Keith -- Keith Jones E-Business Service Introduction, GBIT-E (Bristol) E: keith_jones@non.hp.com T: [+44 117] 312-7602 I don't speak for Hewlett-Packard. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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