From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Nov 20 10:43:29 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from rover.village.org (rover.village.org [204.144.255.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54DB837B4F9 for ; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 10:43:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from harmony.village.org (harmony.village.org [10.0.0.6]) by rover.village.org (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id eAKIhGQ25787; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 11:43:17 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.9.3/8.8.3) with ESMTP id LAA24990; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 11:43:16 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <200011201843.LAA24990@harmony.village.org> To: nate@yogotech.com (Nate Williams) Subject: Re: Removal of Disklabel (was: Re: Dangerously Dedicated) Cc: FreeBSD Filter , stable@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 20 Nov 2000 11:29:28 MST." <14873.28040.451463.172207@nomad.yogotech.com> References: <14873.28040.451463.172207@nomad.yogotech.com> <14873.24098.233002.62004@nomad.yogotech.com> <200011201823.MAA48985@KIWI-Computer.com> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 11:43:16 -0700 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <14873.28040.451463.172207@nomad.yogotech.com> Nate Williams writes: : (I for one would be *very* annoyed to see FreeBSD change it's disk : format to be more M$-like, since it would be a gratiutious that would : cause endless grief for existing installations, and it's bowing even : more to M$.) No one is suggesting this. We are just suggesting that new installations not create DD unless people jump through a lot of hoops. We're not proposing changing of the on disk format, just moving away from DD mode for new installs. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message