From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 30 14:52:56 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-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 AA17716A453 for ; Sat, 30 Jul 2005 14:52:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from hobbiton.shire.net (hobbiton.shire.net [166.70.252.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 614EC43D45 for ; Sat, 30 Jul 2005 14:52:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from [67.161.222.227] (helo=[192.168.99.68]) by hobbiton.shire.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.51) id 1Dyshr-000NQh-6p; Sat, 30 Jul 2005 08:52:55 -0600 In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v733) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <656DB9CB-8806-4331-B7F0-603F887D7B9F@shire.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 08:52:54 -0600 To: Nikolas Britton X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.733) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 67.161.222.227 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: chad@shire.net X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on hobbiton.shire.net); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Cc: FreeBSD - Questions Subject: Re: Using a hard drive without partitions 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, 30 Jul 2005 14:52:56 -0000 On Jul 30, 2005, at 2:26 AM, Nikolas Britton wrote: > What are the ramifications, good or bad, of not using partitions on a > FreeBSD disk?. My understanding is that if you use partitions in a standard way, other operating systems that may be or in the future be on the system in question will not wipe out your FreeBSD installation on the "dangerously dedicated" disk. There is nothing inherent wrong with DD but it is more dangerous if other OSes may be involved. I have used both sorts of layouts and have never had any problems, yet again, my computers were servers that would never have another OS anywhere near them... Chad --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad@shire.net