Date: Wed, 5 Apr 1995 15:21:22 +0100 (BST) From: Paul Richards <paul@isl.cf.ac.uk> To: bob@obiwan.pmr.com (Bob Willcox) Cc: bde@zeta.org.au, freebsd-current@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: Proper procedure to partition/label disk now? Message-ID: <199504051421.PAA04160@isl.cf.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <m0rwLHu-000300C@obiwan.pmr.com> from "Bob Willcox" at Apr 4, 95 09:57:46 pm
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In reply to Bob Willcox who said > > I fear that they are going to be a concern to users as they convert > from 1.1.5 or 2.0 to 2.1. Lots of folks will think something is > broken when they see these messages. > Well, I mentioned this before and there was silence but I want to rewrite the MBR and bootblocks when 2.1 installs itself so we can fix all the bogus MBR's out there and also update the partition tables to the new standard. There's technically no reason why it can't be done but people do get very uptight when you mess with these things. -- Paul Richards, FreeBSD core team member. Internet: paul@FreeBSD.org, URL: http://isl.cf.ac.uk/~paul/ Phone: +44 1222 874000 x6646 (work), +44 1222 457651 (home) Dept. Mechanical Engineering, University of Wales, College Cardiff.
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