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Date:      Thu, 28 Aug 2003 14:10:20 +0200
From:      "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
To:        "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@tcoip.com.br>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/bsdlabel bsdlabel.c 
Message-ID:  <4567.1062072620@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 28 Aug 2003 09:03:59 -0300." <3F4DEFAF.4000502@tcoip.com.br> 

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In message <3F4DEFAF.4000502@tcoip.com.br>, "Daniel C. Sobral" writes:
>Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>> phk         2003/08/27 15:34:57 PDT
>> 
>>   FreeBSD src repository
>> 
>>   Modified files:
>>     sbin/bsdlabel        bsdlabel.c 
>>   Log:
>>   When we initialize a disk with a virgin label, create also an 'a'
>>   partition which starts after the bootstrap area and fills the entire
>>   disk.
>
>Out of curiosity, why?

Trying to be a little bit userfriendly and trying to discourage people
from using the 'c' partition.

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Poul-Henning Kamp       | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
phk@FreeBSD.ORG         | TCP/IP since RFC 956
FreeBSD committer       | BSD since 4.3-tahoe    
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