Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:07:58 +0100 From: Gunther Nikl <gni@gecko.de> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: swap at beginning of slice - danger? Message-ID: <20060316080758.GA3323@lorien.int.gecko.de> In-Reply-To: <200603151542.k2FFgBSY038014@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <20060315161248.L47405@atlantis.atlantis.dp.ua> <200603151542.k2FFgBSY038014@lurza.secnetix.de>
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On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 04:42:11PM +0100, Oliver Fromme wrote: > By the way, the first partition on a disk is usually the root partition, > not the swap partition. So the problem could arise only in unusual > circumstances. IMHO this is a very dangerous assumption since theres is no fixed layout specified. I always have swap as first partition (starting at offset 0). That way it was pretty easy switching to (g)vinum. Gunther
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