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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: current@freefall.FreeBSD.org, jkh@time.cdrom.com
Subject: Re: Of slices and boot code..
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>Would it be reasonable to assume that our current boot code will never
>have a chance of dealing with the root partition via a "slice?"

No, it wouldn't be reasonable.

Bruce