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To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>
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Subject: Re: Mapped geometry vs. Actual
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>> It seems as if it also tries to force disk slices to
>> cylinder boundaries -- which is silly on ZBR drives or when sector
>> mapping is done.

> That is to maintain compatibility with other operating systems, if you
> don't do this some other OS's fdisk may try to ``fix'' your MBR partition
> table for you and make a royal mess of things instead.

I said "slices," not "partitions." FreeBSD seems to insist upon moving
things to cylinder boundaries even within partitions.