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Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 13:01:59 -0800 (PST)
From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
To: phk@freebsd.org
Cc: FreeBSD current users <current@freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: Geom disklabel/fdisk issues? 
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I agree with that too.


On Mon, 13 Jan 2003 phk@freebsd.org wrote:

> In message <Pine.BSF.4.21.0301131230310.72092-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>, Ju
> lian Elischer writes:
> >
> >I think that one of the things we need to do is declare a new flag in
> >disklabel that declares that the disklabel has been converted to use
> >relative offsets. if the flag is not set then absolute offsets are
> >expected.. That would give a way for us to move forward while still
> >allowing partitions to co-exist with 4.x systems. 
> >in -current, geom just has to 'work with it' if the bit is not set.
> >New systems would automatically set the bit.
> 
> Better plan:  Abandon BSD labels before disks outgrow them.
> 
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