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 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 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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