From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 17 13:44:11 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org 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 7FEEE16A41F for ; Sat, 17 Sep 2005 13:44:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BD9043D45 for ; Sat, 17 Sep 2005 13:44:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.2) with ESMTP id j8HDiABn016162; Sat, 17 Sep 2005 09:44:10 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.2/Submit) id j8HDiA3e016161; Sat, 17 Sep 2005 09:44:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200509171344.j8HDiA3e016161@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: valerio.daelli@gmail.com Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 09:44:10 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <27dbfc8c050916232310d974e8@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL7] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bsdlabel and c partition X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 13:44:11 -0000 > > 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. No, it does not mean you have used it in "dedicated" mode (or 'dangerously dedicated' mode). That is something else - basically using the disk without slicing it - eg /dev/da0c rather than /dev/da0s1c. Both work. The first makes some assumptions that some systems will not follow. > Is there any danger in it? > Is it preferable to use another partition? My preference is to use either an 'a' name for the partition or possibly an 'e' name for the partition because e is past all those that have traditional uses. I don't think it is supposed to be dangerous, but there may be some utilities that make some assumptions about the meaning of a 'c' partition. ////jerry > 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" > >