Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 23:48:02 -0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <jruigrok@via-net-works.nl> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release/sysinstall disks.c Message-ID: <200101150748.f0F7m2Q00962@mobile.wemm.org> In-Reply-To: <20010115081706.D63646@lucifer.bart.nl>
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Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven wrote: > -On [20010115 06:35], Peter Wemm (peter@FreeBSD.org) wrote: > > Log: > > Don't invite trouble by waving the 'Dangerously Dedicated' (DD) option > > at people. This has been sitting in my tree for a few months now. I > > have spoken with quite a few folks about this and the support for doing > > this was pretty strong. I dont remember names though, so I cannot share > > the blame :-(. Note that this does not *remove* DD mode, it just stops > > waving it at new users. You can still set it via config files etc, and > > the bootblocks and kernel still support it. You can still use disklabel > > to make true DD disks. > > I haven't looked at the commit yet, but is the DD mode still available > easily from under the Custom setup? > > Or is the only thing to get at it through install scripts? > We only use dedicated mode at the company I work for, no problems > whatsoever. .. yet ... What happens when they bump revisions of the motherboards or bios's that you use and it stops working on your new motherboards? Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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