Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 03:52:29 +1100 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: igor@physics.uiuc.edu, rnordier@nordier.com Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: a few suggestions/comments on 3.0-RELEASE Message-ID: <199901161652.DAA24642@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>> Also, it might be nice if the disklabel(8) man pages explicitely >> say that the bootstrap code can be installed on each slice. >> (am I wrong ?) > >You're right, the bootblocks can be installed on each slice, and >this also needs documenting. This doesn't need documenting. disklabel(8) knows nothing of slices. It installs labels and bootblocks on disk-like devices. Slices are just one type of disk-like device. All regular files larger than 1K and many devices are disk-like, thanks to device independence. For the bootstrap code to actual work, more is required. E.g., slices on vn "disks" are not bootable because the boot loader doesn't support vn "disks". disklabel(8) knows nothing of this limitation. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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