Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 16:34:59 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@efn.org> To: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@acm.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man4 umass.4 Message-ID: <20031018233459.GF42635@funkthat.com> In-Reply-To: <3F916974.5030502@acm.org> References: <7842.1066492471@critter.freebsd.dk> <3F916974.5030502@acm.org>
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Tim Kientzle wrote this message on Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 09:25 -0700:
> * No such default name. In that case, the docs could get
> pretty ugly if we have to say things like "... after
> using fdisk, you need to label the disk with bsdlabel,
> sunlabel, foolabel, or xyzlabel, depending on your platform
> and disk-labelling preferences." I'm not sure I want
> to be the one who has to explain that one.
but if you try to fdisk a sun disk, it won't do you much good since
I doubt OpenBoot on sparc hardware knows what to do.. so trying to
use generic information on how to partition a disk on all platforms
is bound to fail... heck, you could put a bsdlabel on a disk that
goes into the sun, or any label for that matter now that we have
geom (I've succesfully read apple's label on sparc).. it's more
of a question of making sure it boots...
Making a disk bootable is quit platform specific..
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