From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Mar 8 21:51:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA07705 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Sun, 8 Mar 1998 21:51:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA07697 for ; Sun, 8 Mar 1998 21:51:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA13372; Sun, 8 Mar 1998 21:48:54 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199803090548.VAA13372@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Joao Carlos Mendes Luis cc: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith), stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: *HEADS UP* Important change warning. (long version) In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 09 Mar 1998 02:42:33 -0300." <199803090542.CAA15964@gaia.coppe.ufrj.br> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 08 Mar 1998 21:48:53 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > #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