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Subject: Re: slices to "dangerously dedicated"
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On Jan 20, 2009, at 11:47 AM, Robert Huff wrote:
> 	Suppose I have a disk which was - for various reasons - lebeled
> using slices.  Is it possible to change it to "dangerously  
> dedicated" without
> backup-wipe-relabel-restore cycle?

Nope.  Since you'd only gain a megabyte of disk space (probably less)  
from the change, it's not worth bothering with, frankly...

Regards,
-- 
-Chuck