Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:12:11 -0800 From: Jeremy Lea <reg@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Ivan Voras <ivoras@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG, src-committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: svn commit: r190182 - head Message-ID: <20090320221211.GA5205@flint.openpave.org> In-Reply-To: <200903202151.n2KLpRMB014702@svn.freebsd.org> References: <200903202151.n2KLpRMB014702@svn.freebsd.org>
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Hi,
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 09:51:27PM +0000, Ivan Voras wrote:
> +20090320:
> + GEOM_PART has become the default partition slicer for storage devices,
> + replacing GEOM_MBR, GEOM_BSD, GEOM_PC98 and GEOM_GPT slicers. It
> + introduces some changes: the devices created from MSDOS extended
> + partition entries (EBR) can be named differently than with GEOM_MBR
> + and are now symlinks to devices with offset-based names, and kernel
> + dumps are now not allowed to be written to devices whose partition
> + types indicate they are meant to be used for file systems.
> +
This should probably also note the issue with stale disklabels from old
DD mode disks, which causes the machine to be unbootable. It should
also mention the "geometry does not match label (255h,63s != 16h,63s)"
message (which appears to be harmless), and it should also probably
mention that the c partition now covers the entire disk, not just the
"DOS partition"... And it should be noted that these changes took place
in Decemeber, so that people have a better chance of knowing if they are
going to be bitten.
Regards,
-Jeremy
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