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Date:      Sun, 9 Dec 2001 02:36:59 +0100
From:      Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely8.cicely.de>
To:        Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>
Cc:        Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern subr_diskmbr.c
Message-ID:  <20011209023659.A7042@cicely8.cicely.de>
In-Reply-To: <20011209010912.F405A39EC@overcee.netplex.com.au>
References:  <200112082356.fB8NuII32772@uriah.heep.sax.de> <20011209010912.F405A39EC@overcee.netplex.com.au>

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On Sat, Dec 08, 2001 at 05:09:11PM -0800, Peter Wemm wrote:
> Joerg Wunsch wrote:
> > Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely8.cicely.de> wrote:
> > 
> > > 32 times for each disk on booting with most of 30 disks.
> > > Possibly it's triggered by vinums drive scanning.
> > 
> > Yep, same here (and it is triggered by vinum).
> > 
> > > What can I do about these messages?
> > 
> > Remove it.  It should not have been there in the first place, at least
> > not without an "if (bootverbose) ..." in front of it.  It isn't
> > telling any news anyway, because you certainly already knew that your
> > disks are using DD mode, and the last word is telling "(ignored)"
> > which is the intented and expected action to happen anyway.
> 
> There shouldn't *be* bootblocks on non-boot disks.

I usually have a /boot/loader.work and a /boot/kernel.work for updating.
What is wrong about having spare bootblocks?
In fact I already needed them twice and the diskspace is unused anyway.

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B.Walter              COSMO-Project         http://www.cosmo-project.de
ticso@cicely.de         Usergroup           info@cosmo-project.de


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