Date: Wed, 5 Apr 1995 09:48:01 -0500 (CDT) From: bob@obiwan.pmr.com (Bob Willcox) To: paul@isl.cf.ac.uk (Paul Richards) Cc: bde@zeta.org.au, freebsd-current@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: Proper procedure to partition/label disk now? Message-ID: <m0rwWNF-00030VC@obiwan.pmr.com> In-Reply-To: <199504051421.PAA04160@isl.cf.ac.uk> from "Paul Richards" at Apr 5, 95 03:21:22 pm
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Paul Richards wrote: > > 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. I think thats a good idea! My 1.1.5.1 system has 14 disks on it and I don't look forward to the raft of error messages. :-( > > There's technically no reason why it can't be done but people do get very > uptight when you mess with these things. Yep. There is the risk that it may go awry in some environment and do damage, I suppose. But, I would still support doing it. -- Bob Willcox bob@obiwan.pmr.com (or obiwan%bob@uunet.uu.net) Austin, TX
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