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Date:      Mon, 11 Jun 2001 10:22:07 +1200
From:      "Juha Saarinen" <juha@saarinen.org>
To:        "'Richard Smith'" <rdls@rdls.net>
Cc:        "'Freebsd-Stable@Freebsd. Org'" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: Disk geometry oddity
Message-ID:  <006501c0f1fb$c8d23ac0$0a01a8c0@den2>
In-Reply-To: <20010610230647.A665@gaia.home.rdls.net>

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:: By allowing sysinstall to use a "more likely" geometry, it 
:: fixed the problem,
:: see also FAQ 1.17.

Silly question, perhaps, but if you change to the "more likely" geometry
with the G key, would you lose data?

:: In case you weren't aware, "dangerously dedicated mode" is 
:: still available, 
:: albeit not recommended, using the (purposely) undocumented 'F' key.

No, I gather so, but it's an existing installation with two "dangerously
dedicated" disks.

Thanks!

-- Juha


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