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Date:      Thu, 17 Feb 2005 14:16:14 +0100
From:      des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=)
To:        "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com>
Cc:        Vittorio <v.demartino2@virgilio.it>
Subject:   Re: Defining a new slice
Message-ID:  <864qgbba3l.fsf@xps.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <868y5nba7x.fsf@xps.des.no> (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav's?= message of "Thu, 17 Feb 2005 14:13:38 %2B0100")
References:  <200502171308.59255.v.demartino2@virgilio.it> <200502170710.09116.algould@datawok.com> <868y5nba7x.fsf@xps.des.no>

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des@des.no (Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav) writes:
> "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com> writes:
> > If the administrator uses /stand/sysinstall to replace a Windows=20
> > partition that exists in front of the FreeBSD system partition with a=20
> > UFS partition, will this rename the system partition and break the=20
> > bootup process?
> Yes.

Umm, or rather: in 5.x it shouldn't, in 4.x it may.  GEOM (used in 5.x
but not in 4.x) killed off the "compatibility slice" which would lead
to this problem.

DES
--=20
Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no



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