Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 09:47:21 -0800 From: Jos Backus <jos@catnook.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [patch] NetBSD disklabel support for geom_bsd Message-ID: <20060317174743.GA13507@lizzy.catnook.local> In-Reply-To: <863bhh3y05.fsf@xps.des.no> References: <20060317012428.N52721@atlantis.atlantis.dp.ua> <863bhh3y05.fsf@xps.des.no>
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Dmitry Pryanishnikov <dmitry@atlantis.dp.ua> writes: > 2) (most important) NetBSD disklabel describes partitions not slice-relative > (like ours), but the whole device-relative. They have no slice devices, so > their disklabel actually duplicates functionality of device slice > table, and describes both NetBSD partitions and other slices as partitions. Wouldn't this break the ability to move a FreeBSD partition using a non-FreeBSD aware tool such as Partition Magic? -- Jos Backus jos at catnook.com
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