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From: Mikael Karpberg <karpen@ocean.campus.luth.se>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/sys reboot.h src/sys/i386/i386 autoconf.c
In-Reply-To: <199803090201.SAA12336@dingo.cdrom.com> from Mike Smith at "Mar 8, 98 06:01:12 pm"
To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith)
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 07:41:54 +0100 (CET)
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According to Mike Smith:
> > Also, on my other machine I have a SCSI disk for freebsd, and a IDE disk
> > for Win95. Computer boots from the ide, and then I use booteasy there to
> > boot from the SCSI disk. The SCSI disk is not "dangerously dedicated",
> > but it's just one big BSD slice. So... will I need "sd0s1a" on that,
> > or just "sd0a"?
> 
> The changes I have made *only* affect the boot device.  The remainder 
> of the "compatability slice" implementation remains.  
> 
> Note, however, that when you move to DEVFS, there will not be any sd0[a-h]
> nodes *in* /dev/, so you wouldn't be able to mount them even if you 
> wanted to.

Ok, let's see if I got this right. :-)

* Only the boot device is affected. ( even when boot != FreeBSD root )
* Above point is only effective until you start using DEVFS.
* Dedicated disks ARE affected by this change.
* "Dangerously dedicated" disks are NOT affected by this change.

How many right? :-)

  /Mikael

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