Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 09:41:08 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: disklabel Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904060939300.74823-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.990406024505.shimon@simon-shapiro.org>
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On Tue, 6 Apr 1999, Simon Shapiro wrote: > > The only way I can think of is to put two labels on the disk, one in > > block > > zero offset 64 and one in block one, offset zero. The disk would have > > to > > be 'dedicated', i.e. no fdisk partition table. > > That will be fine. As long as the tools and kernels all agree. > As it stands now, one cannot move any removable seekable media (other > than floppy and serial devices) between these machines. > > I would go for fdisk partitions everywhere (has the advantage of more > than 6-7 partitions per 29GB drive), but DU does not agree with that. If I had the time, I would pick up the AlphaBIOS loader again. That requires fdisk partitions to boot from and things could be made to agree with i386 pretty easily. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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