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From: Josef Karthauser <joe@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 09:42:18AM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> In message <20031115014133.GB31237@genius.tao.org.uk>, Josef Karthauser w=
rites:
>=20
> >What's the best way to prepare for this?  Should I leave some
> >unallocated space at the beginning of the disk so that any magic geom
> >bits can be inserted later?
>=20
> Rather:  leave a bit free at the end.
>=20

How much would you recommend I leave?  Proportional to the disk size, or
just enough space for data structures?

Joe
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