Date: Sun, 08 Mar 1998 21:48:53 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Joao Carlos Mendes Luis <jonny@coppe.ufrj.br> Cc: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith), stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: *HEADS UP* Important change warning. (long version) Message-ID: <199803090548.VAA13372@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 09 Mar 1998 02:42:33 -0300." <199803090542.CAA15964@gaia.coppe.ufrj.br>
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> #define quoting(Mike Smith) > // The "compatability slice" feature is a historic leftover, and it will be > // phased out in the next major release of FreeBSD. Currently, the only > // use of the compatability slice is when booting, where the root > // filesystem is mounted from the 'a' partition via the compatability slice > // rather than the correct slice. > > It has also the beauty of not remembering me that my preferred system > is sharing disk with other one (which I don't want to name, but I have > to use it for games. :) ). Operating systems aren't normally expected to assist their users with their own personal delusions. > I have always done exactly the opposite of what you are suggesting. > All my BSD partitions run in compatibility mode. The first thing I > usually do after installing a new system is edit /etc/fstab and change > the mess create by sysinstall. You appear to be changing it the wrong way. > What's the problem in maintaining the current behaviour ? - It makes writing code to manipulate disk partitioning information quite difficult. - It makes it completely impossible to boot both FreeBSD and NetBSD off the same disk. - It leads to sysinstall being forced to create the "mess" you refer to in /etc/fstab - It leads to people abusing the compatability slice like you describe. ... etc. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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