Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 23:37:50 -0700 From: Glenn Dawson <glenn@antimatter.net> To: valerio.daelli@gmail.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bsdlabel and c partition Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.2.20050916233155.07399ac0@cobalt.antimatter.net> In-Reply-To: <27dbfc8c050916232310d974e8@mail.gmail.com> References: <27dbfc8c050916232310d974e8@mail.gmail.com>
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At 11:23 PM 9/16/2005, Valerio daelli wrote: >Hi >I have partitioned a disk using bsdlabel and I have used >the c partition for the entire disk. According to the manual >this mean I have used the disk in dedicated mode. >Is there any danger in it? >Is it preferable to use another partition? As long as you keep the disk away from other OS's you'll be fine. Some utilities in FreeBSD will complain if you use the c partition. Personally I've been using the a partition on freshly labeled disks recently, since it defaults to the whole disk minus the first 16 sectors. -Glenn >Thanks a lot. > Valerio Daelli >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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