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From: Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com>
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Subject: Re: No /boot/loader (dangerously dedicated)
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Thomas Stromberg once stated:

=> >       As for geometry,  I tried both with  and without "dangerously
=> > dedicated." My understanding  was that if I used  the dos partition
=> > entry  method that  we  should  be able  to  pick  up the  geometry
=> > correctly, but should I try the  old dos fdisk trick as well? Also,
=> > would the adaptec setting to  translate >1G be affecting this? It's
=> > on currently, which  it is on all my other  motherboards of similar
=> > vintage.
=>
=> Your boot disk is now *required* (or  will be very very soon) to have
=> a proper slice  table in -CURRENT; dedicated disks  are deprecated in
=> order to get a smarter boot0.

Wait! Smarter then what?  So it can boot NT and  Win98 for some weenies,
or, actually  do something useful (not  sure what, though)? Why  am I to
waste space  (even so  little) "to  be compatible  with other  OSes", if
there will never be any other OSes?

=This would defititely  help out at work,  as I would no  longer get the
=question  from  all of  our  users  during  the  install "Should  I  be
=dedicated or not?"

"Yes, you should" :)

	-mi


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