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Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 09:16:00 +0800
From: Shark Wang <sharkwang@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Did we must put the mounted partition '/' and '/boot' in the
	same slice ?
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Thanks a lot, I had got the key points !

-Shark

On 7/8/05, Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> wrote:
> Shark Wang wrote:
>=20
> >as I had read some partitions material about legacy Unix, I try to
> >separate '/boot' from '/' for my large space on '/' .
> >
> >another question come up : Is ad0s1d the first blocks of the disk which
> >based on partitions layout that my gave?
> >
> >
> >
> No, it isn't. ad0s1a would be the first blocks after the MBR.  Really,
> FreeBSD does not need or expect /boot to be separate so would not have
> put it at the front of the disk.  The only system I know which does that
> is Linux.  Out of curiosity, which "legacy Unix"?
>=20
> --Alex
>=20
>=20


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