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Date:      Thu, 29 Mar 2001 08:53:47 -0800
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>
To:        alpha@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Is `ccd' broken on Alpha?
Message-ID:  <20010329085347.A32246@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <200103290342.f2T3gae08020@vashon.polstra.com>; from jdp@polstra.com on Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 07:42:36PM -0800
References:  <20010328000954.C18676@dragon.nuxi.com> <15042.28453.158495.901316@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <20010328151503.A88970@dragon.nuxi.com> <20010328152453.A15677@hub.freebsd.org> <200103290342.f2T3gae08020@vashon.polstra.com>

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On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 07:42:36PM -0800, John Polstra wrote:
> 
> Could it be simply that there are no slices on the alpha?  So the `c'
> partition really represents the whole disk on that platform.  But on
> the i386 it would just represent the slice, which in general won't be
> the same as the whole disk.
 
It is possible it has something to do with the slice code.
When I tested it yesterday on on an i386 box, I used
``disklabel -rw daX auto'' before ccdconfig'ing them.  So they should
have been dangeriously/truely dedicated.  But we do know there is weird
label differences between Alpha and i386....

-- 
-- David  (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
          Disclaimer: Not speaking for FreeBSD, just expressing my own opinion.

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