Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 11:23:01 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Jim King <jim@jimking.net> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dedicated disks (was: Dangerously Dedicated) Message-ID: <20001120112301.T58333@echunga.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <002901c0528b$e934d760$04e48486@marble>; from jim@jimking.net on Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 06:50:40PM -0600 References: <20001120105211.O58333@echunga.lemis.com> <XFMail.001120105948.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20001120110319.P58333@echunga.lemis.com> <002901c0528b$e934d760$04e48486@marble>
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On Sunday, 19 November 2000 at 18:50:40 -0600, Jim King wrote: > Greg Lehey wrote: > >>> Why is DD ever _needed_? >> >> Because Microsoft partition tables waste space. > > That's a really weak argument, given the price and size of drives > nowadays. It's a matter of principle. Why waste? Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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