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Date:      Thu, 12 May 2005 15:48:52 +0900
From:      Joel <rees@ddcom.co.jp>
To:        FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: I need further HDD advice before submitting order.
Message-ID:  <20050512154516.4785.REES@ddcom.co.jp>
In-Reply-To: <8360AA4B-9F4C-4988-A5B0-23887D013E60@shire.net>
References:  <200505111802.j4BI2ihS009417@clunix.cl.msu.edu> <8360AA4B-9F4C-4988-A5B0-23887D013E60@shire.net>

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On Wed, 11 May 2005 13:15:52 -0600
"Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net> wrote

> 
> On May 11, 2005, at 12:02 PM, Jerry McAllister wrote:
> 
> > One more thing.   Do not use the socalled 'dangerously dedicated'  
> > disk setup.
> > Just make one regular slice on each disk that uses all of the disk.
> > Then partition those slices.   You won't notice the difference in
> > amount of available disk and you might save yourself some headaces
> > later on.
> >
> 
> I am interested in what sorts of problems and headaches can come  
> later on...
> 
> Assume a server that is FreeBSD only and will never have linux or  
> Winbloze or anything else on it.

Diagnostics tools that expect DOS-style BIOS-level partitioning?

Maybe it's just handwaving, but what's the size of the partition record,
compared to the size of the drive?

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