Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 12:31:37 +1100 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: dg@root.com, julian@whistle.com Cc: bde@zeta.org.au, erich@uruk.org, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Memory probe(s) in FreeBSD Message-ID: <199611180131.MAA01807@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>> This is fine with me; I just object to dropping support for older >> bootblocks. I don't object to dropping support for really-old (pre-2.0.5) >> bootblocks, however. > >especially when it's so easy to install new ones.. > >(disklabel -B wd0) I had this in mind when I suggested dropping support for the not so old interfaces. `disklabel -B' was too dangerous to use routinely before 2.0.5. This discussion is moot if pre-2.0.5 is really-old. `struct bootinfo' hasn't changed since 6 months before 2.0.5R :-). I thought that really-old meant pre-2.0 and old meant pre-2.0.5. Bruce
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