Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 16:30:47 -0700 (MST) From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: daniel_k_eriksson@telia.com Cc: des@des.no, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [patch] NetBSD disklabel support for geom_bsd Message-ID: <20060317.163047.115953468.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <4F9C9299A10AE74E89EA580D14AA10A605F5A0@royal64.emp.zapto.org> References: <4F9C9299A10AE74E89EA580D14AA10A605F5A0@royal64.emp.zapto.org>
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From: "Daniel Eriksson" <daniel_k_eriksson@telia.com> Subject: RE: [patch] NetBSD disklabel support for geom_bsd Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:47:08 +0100 > Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > = > > It is still possible to create dangerously dedicated disks, btw, an= d > > 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? You likely aren't putting them directly on devices, but rather using FreeBSD's hack MBR which geom knows to ignore... Disks w/o MBR can confuse some BIOSes that try to be too smart. Disks with our fake MBR can confuse a different set of BIOSes... The only sure way is to use a real MBR. Warner
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