Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 15:55:56 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> To: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <jeff-ml@mountin.net> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: 3.x -> 4.0-STABLE upgrade instructions Message-ID: <200003212255.PAA26291@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 21 Mar 2000 16:17:58 CST." <4.3.2.20000321160347.00ad9b20@207.227.119.2> References: <4.3.2.20000321160347.00ad9b20@207.227.119.2> <Your message of "Sun, 19 Mar 2000 12:26:20 EST." <38D50DBC.88FA8E4D@glue.umd.edu> <38D50DBC.88FA8E4D@glue.umd.edu> <38D3AB72.366D851D@glue.umd.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003151354390.1980-100000@dt051n0b.san.rr.com> <200003152159.OAA89926@harmony.village.org> <38D03E64.3D17FC34@glue.umd.edu> <200003190433.VAA04863@harmony.village.org>
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In message <4.3.2.20000321160347.00ad9b20@207.227.119.2> "Jeffrey J. Mountin" writes: : Are you saying that da0a is (almost) functionally equivalent to da0s3a if : slice 3 is the first FBSD slice. Thought they were for "dangerously : dedicated" partitions. No. That's not correct. While they are used in dangerously (and stupidly) dedicated mode, they can be used at any time. I still have some mount points on my -current machine that refer to sd1c because I've been too lazy to update them. : Sounds similar to da0 being the same as da0s1 for disklabel. Hmmm... Not quite. Those aren't really the same. : >It is a shame that you can't use them to mount / on / in an : >emergency. The consistancy checks won't let you. : : Agreed. The few times I've needed to use a fixit floppy or CD... : Let's just say it isn't fun. 8-/ But if you can mount it as /mnt, then you can usually fix it. :-) Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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