Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 20:59:52 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: perryh@pluto.rain.com Cc: jerrymc@msu.edu, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: UFS partitioning Message-ID: <20081207015952.GA11735@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <493a29a0.hL3b8/2ruLsiG6A9%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <Pine.GSO.4.63.0812021048180.3801@hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be> <20081202111740.96805018.freebsd@edvax.de> <20081202163920.GE90039@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <1228355243.23645.10.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> <18743.14461.951431.581673@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <1228359465.23645.27.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20081204154923.GB1366@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <1228413503.79750.8.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20081205160249.GA5954@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <493a29a0.hL3b8/2ruLsiG6A9%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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On Fri, Dec 05, 2008 at 11:28:32PM -0800, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > > Dangerous is probably overstating the issue a bit ... > > AFAIK the "danger" is that someone boots the machine with an > installer for some other OS, and that installer treats the > disk as unformatted -- hence "obviously" containing nothing > important -- because it doesn't have a recognizable MBR. Yes, that could happen if you run a non-FreeBSD installer that doesn't know about FreeBSD and Dangerously Dedicated disks. ////jerry > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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