From owner-freebsd-current Sun Mar 8 18:30:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA26613 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sun, 8 Mar 1998 18:30:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alpo.whistle.com (alpo.whistle.com [207.76.204.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA26608 for ; Sun, 8 Mar 1998 18:30:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from julian@whistle.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by alpo.whistle.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA17159; Sun, 8 Mar 1998 18:24:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from UNKNOWN(), claiming to be "current1.whistle.com" via SMTP by alpo.whistle.com, id smtpd017156; Sun Mar 8 18:24:11 1998 Date: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 18:19:53 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer To: Chuck Robey cc: Mike Smith , Thomas Dean , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/sys reboot.h src/sys/i386/i386 autoconf.c In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG the easiest way is to see the output of fdisk /dev/rwd0 if the BSD partition starts at 0 then it's dangerously dedicated. if it starts above 0 then it's not On Sun, 8 Mar 1998, Chuck Robey wrote: > On Sun, 8 Mar 1998, Mike Smith wrote: > > Mike, regarding the disk, I can't remember if I made the disk I'm using > right now "dangerously dedicated" or not, and there isn't, obviously > (else I wouldn't be confused) any msdos partition. Seeing as I don't > dare make a mistake on this, and don't do all that much installation, > would you kindly tell me exactly what I should do to find out if I have > to change my fstab or not? > > I'm purposely omitting my fstab so that your answer will be general > enough so that everyone will have no excuse for not reading your answer, > and won't end up screwed if they make some messy mistake. > > I am not sure what to look for in doing disklabel, to show me if the > disk is dangerously dedicated or not. > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- > Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data > chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. > 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | > Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD > (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message