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From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=)
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Subject: Re: [patch] NetBSD disklabel support for geom_bsd
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"Daniel Eriksson" <daniel_k_eriksson@telia.com> writes:
> Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote:
> > It is still possible to create dangerously dedicated disks, btw, and
> > it is still possible to put a disklabel (or even a filesystem)
> > directly on a device.  GEOM means *more* freedom, not less.
> I've been putting filesystems directly on devices for some time
> now. Are there any drawbacks to doing this?

Not unless you want to boot from them.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no