From owner-freebsd-current Fri Aug 30 07:26:16 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id HAA22756 for current-outgoing; Fri, 30 Aug 1996 07:26:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from godzilla.zeta.org.au (godzilla.zeta.org.au [203.2.228.19]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA22744 for ; Fri, 30 Aug 1996 07:26:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from bde@localhost) by godzilla.zeta.org.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id AAA06236; Sat, 31 Aug 1996 00:21:43 +1000 Date: Sat, 31 Aug 1996 00:21:43 +1000 From: Bruce Evans Message-Id: <199608301421.AAA06236@godzilla.zeta.org.au> To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, sthaug@nethelp.no Subject: Re: Problem with partition size on IDE drive and -current Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >Is there any specific reason why using the c partition is bad when you >specifically want a file system to cover the entire disk? I did this >many times with SunOS 4.1.x when I was working with that. I never saw >a problem. Error checking is weaker for the c partition. E.g., the c partition can be opened even if the disk label is corrupted, and some drivers don't check the block number for access to it. This might make other errors more serious. Bruce