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Date:      Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:25:09 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org>
To:        doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r40112 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq
Message-ID:  <201211201825.qAKIP9nT072067@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: eadler
Date: Tue Nov 20 18:25:09 2012
New Revision: 40112
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/40112

Log:
  The disk-manager question is irrelevant, no one uses disk managers anymore.
  
  Noted by:	scottl
  Approved by:	bcr (mentor)

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml	Tue Nov 20 18:25:06 2012	(r40111)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml	Tue Nov 20 18:25:09 2012	(r40112)
@@ -1476,33 +1476,6 @@
       </qandaentry>
 
       <qandaentry>
-	<question id="disk-manager">
-	  <para>Is &os; compatible with any disk managers?</para>
-	</question>
-
-	<answer>
-	  <para>&os; recognizes the <application>Ontrack Disk
-	    Manager</application> and makes allowances for it.  Other disk
-	    managers are not supported.</para>
-
-	  <para>If you just want to use the disk with &os; you do not
-	    need a disk manager.  Just configure the disk for as much
-	    space as the BIOS can deal with (usually
-	    504&nbsp;megabytes), and &os; should figure out how much
-	    space you really have.  If you are using an old disk with an
-	    MFM controller, you may need to explicitly tell &os; how
-	    many cylinders to use.</para>
-
-	  <para>If you want to use the disk with &os; and another
-	    operating system, you may be able to do without a disk
-	    manager: just make sure the &os; boot partition and the
-	    slice for the other operating system are in the first 1024
-	    cylinders.  If you are reasonably careful, a
-	    20&nbsp;megabyte boot partition should be plenty.</para>
-	</answer>
-      </qandaentry>
-
-      <qandaentry>
 	<question id="missing-os">
 	  <para>When I boot &os; for the first time after install I get
 	    <errorname>Missing Operating System</errorname>.  What is



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