From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 12 06:48:54 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F094D16A4CE for ; Thu, 12 May 2005 06:48:54 +0000 (GMT) Received: from proxy.ddcom.co.jp (proxy.ddcom.co.jp [211.121.191.163]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0CDCD43D41 for ; Thu, 12 May 2005 06:48:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rees@ddcom.co.jp) Received: (qmail 8394 invoked by alias); 12 May 2005 07:00:23 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO matthew) (10.10.10.11) by mail.ddcom.local with SMTP; 12 May 2005 07:00:23 -0000 Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 15:48:52 +0900 From: Joel To: FreeBSD Mailing List In-Reply-To: <8360AA4B-9F4C-4988-A5B0-23887D013E60@shire.net> References: <200505111802.j4BI2ihS009417@clunix.cl.msu.edu> <8360AA4B-9F4C-4988-A5B0-23887D013E60@shire.net> Message-Id: <20050512154516.4785.REES@ddcom.co.jp> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-2022-JP" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.00.06 Subject: Re: I need further HDD advice before submitting order. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 06:48:55 -0000 On Wed, 11 May 2005 13:15:52 -0600 "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" 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? -- Joel Rees digitcom, inc. 株式会社デジコム Kobe, Japan +81-78-672-8800 ** **