From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Apr 30 2:57:21 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from klima.physik.uni-mainz.de (klima.Physik.Uni-Mainz.DE [134.93.180.162]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3919F37B423; Mon, 30 Apr 2001 02:57:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from administrator@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de) Received: from klima.Physik.Uni-Mainz.DE (administrator@klima.Physik.Uni-Mainz.DE [134.93.180.162]) by klima.physik.uni-mainz.de (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f3U9vAw89455; Mon, 30 Apr 2001 11:57:11 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from administrator@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de) Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 11:57:10 +0200 (CEST) From: Administrator IPA To: Alfred Perlstein Cc: , , Subject: Re: "Dangerously Dedicated" setting in 4.3-R install In-Reply-To: <20010430023201.W18676@fw.wintelcom.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 [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