Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 01:22:01 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> Cc: doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dos and Don'ts Message-ID: <19981007012201.49887@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <19981006150708.32072@futuresouth.com>; from Matthew D. Fuller on Tue, Oct 06, 1998 at 03:07:08PM -0500 References: <19981006071237.02443@follo.net> <19981006155341.C27781@freebie.lemis.com> <19981006083809.00946@follo.net> <19981006173417.64829@welearn.com.au> <19981006174328.65315@follo.net> <19981006150708.32072@futuresouth.com>
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On Tue, Oct 06, 1998 at 03:07:08PM -0500, Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > On Tue, Oct 06, 1998 at 05:43:28PM +0200, Eivind Eklund woke me up to tell me: > > DO use 'dangerously dedicated' mode if you're only going to have > > FreeBSD on the machine. There are a number of problems that > > can occur with DOS slices; the FreeBSD disklabel is immune to > > this. (Don't need to change if your system is already > > working, however.) > > I'm not sure if that's a good idea. > Notably with those lovely Providence dual PPro motherboards (tho I'm sure > elsewhere too), the SCSI controller wouldn't boot a dangerously dedicated > partition. I guess it really did need a fdisk table, or something. This should not be a problem with the newest bootblocks, I think. > I've never had any problems with DOS slices; what were you referring > to? When the BIOS geometry and FreeBSD geometry is out of sync, everything seems to work fine, until the system won't boot. This problem is not there with 'dangerously dedicated' partitions. Also, you get a trifle more space and a trifle faster boot, but that is less important. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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