From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 30 00:59:07 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AA0F106566B for ; Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:59:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.org) Received: from dragon.nuxi.org (trang.nuxi.org [74.95.12.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D4CA8FC18 for ; Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:59:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.org) Received: from dragon.nuxi.org (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.nuxi.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id mBU0x6CJ088490; Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:59:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.org) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.org (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id mBU0x6OB088489; Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:59:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:59:06 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" To: "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" Message-ID: <20081230005906.GA87415@dragon.NUXI.org> Mail-Followup-To: obrien@freebsd.org, "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" , freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <20081226072712.GA25406@dragon.NUXI.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Shooting sysinstall/SADE geometry warning in the head X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: obrien@freebsd.org List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:59:07 -0000 On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 09:03:40AM -0200, Carlos A. M. dos Santos wrote: > On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 5:27 AM, David O'Brien wrote: > > It seems Sysinstall and SADE are ingorant of today's disk geometries. > > Is there good reason to not make this change? I've been getting the > > gratitious .. > I suggested the attached patch some time ago. It keeps the message but > makes it less scaring. Please see > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2008-May/042697.html I committed this patch for now - to make it easy to MFC. I will still probably just remove the warning for 8-CURRENT given folks aren't near as likely to try to install an machines with really old BIOS. But your patch may be the best approach for 7.2 and 6.x. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)