Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 01:58:52 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dedicated disks (was: Dangerously Dedicated) Message-ID: <200011200958.eAK9wqF11734@mass.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 20 Nov 2000 12:56:48 %2B1030." <20001120125647.B58333@echunga.lemis.com>
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> On Sunday, 19 November 2000 at 21:20:43 -0500, Mike O'Dell wrote:
> >
> > having partition tables on disks is just as much part of
> > the "PC architecture" as having to deal with the unpleasant
> > ealities of BIOS. use the hardware, play the game.
> > deal with it.
>
> Fine, if there's no alternative. But you're ignoring the fact that
> there is. We get rid of the BIOS as soon as we can after the boot.
> Why stick with the disk layout? Remember, I'm not saying "let's
> implement dedicated disks", I'm saying "let's not throw out dedicated
> disks".
Just so that some poor sap that searches on this topic doesn't get
swamped by your FUD, I'll answer this question *again*.
Because the mere *presence* of a disk with a DD layout in the system - not
the boot disk, not even a disk ever accessed by the bootstrap process -
can and will in some cases cause standards-compliant adapter firmware to
*crash* or otherwise fail in a fashion which renders the system unable to
boot.
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people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt]
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