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From: Mark Valentine <mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk>
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> From: phk@critter.freebsd.dk (Poul-Henning Kamp)
> Date: Fri 25 Oct, 2002
> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libdisk Makefile chunk.c write_alpha_disk.c write_i386_disk.c write_pc98_disk.c

> In message <20021024.180717.57021784.imp@bsdimp.com>, "M. Warner Losh" writes:
> >Oh Come off of it Poul.  You broke existing practice.  Admit it.  The
> >convention has existed since the deep, dark past.  It was well
> >established in FreeBSD as smelling right.  Sure, it didn't smell right
> >to a sysV person, but that's irrelevant.
> 
> Please research our history on this topic:  you need to go back 4
> years or so.
> 
> The amount of jubilation in Jordans commit messages to rev 1.51.2.59 and
> 1.106 to src/usr.sbin/sysinstall/config.c is not without reason.

However, so far it's been possible to largely ignore this unnecessary double
level of partitioning.

		Cheers,

		Mark.

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Mark Valentine, Thuvia Labs <mark@thuvia.co.uk>       <http://www.thuvia.co.uk>
"Tigers will do ANYTHING for a tuna fish sandwich."       Mark Valentine uses
"We're kind of stupid that way."   *munch* *munch*        and endorses FreeBSD
  -- <http://www.calvinandhobbes.com>                  <http://www.freebsd.org>

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