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From: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org>
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Subject: Re: Can't fdisk newly installed disks
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On Mon, 13 Aug 2007, Simon Gao wrote:

[snip]

> The system runs  FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE.

Have you considered updating to something a little less long in the 
tooth? 5.2.1 hasn't been officially supported for some time now, and 
these problems may have been solved in the last three years. Just 
saying.

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Chris Hill               chris@monochrome.org
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