Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 11:57:10 +0200 (CEST) From: Administrator IPA <administrator@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: <d_f0rce@gmx.de>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: "Dangerously Dedicated" setting in 4.3-R install Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0104301155460.89409-100000@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de> In-Reply-To: <20010430023201.W18676@fw.wintelcom.net>
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On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Alfred Perlstein wrote: Well, playing around with "guns" is dangerous and should be left in hands of those who can play ;-) Do the vanishing of that feature mean that no one is capable of installing a FreeBSD dedicated only slice/disk? > * d_f0rce@gmx.de <d_f0rce@gmx.de> [010430 02:21] wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I installed 4.3-R from ISO image some minutes ago and was > > wondering why the setup is no longer asking me if my slice > > should be a dedicated FreeBSD one. > > > > I tried "standard" and "expert" install mode but in none > > of them i was asked. > > > > Is there a special reason, why this option was removed? > > Too many people shooting themselves in the feet. It also > stuck those people with systems where certain boot tricks > were no longer possible. > > -- > -Alfred Perlstein - [alfred@freebsd.org] > Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," > start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > -- MfG O. Hartmann ohartman@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de ---------------------------------------------------------------- IT-Administration des Institut fuer Physik der Atmosphaere (IPA) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz Becherweg 21 55099 Mainz Tel: +496131/3924662 (Maschinensaal) Tel: +496131/3924144 FAX: +496131/3923532 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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