From owner-freebsd-bugs Sat Apr 28 15:40: 8 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 776E437B423 for ; Sat, 28 Apr 2001 15:40:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f3SMe3d75531; Sat, 28 Apr 2001 15:40:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 15:40:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200104282240.f3SMe3d75531@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: David Taylor Subject: Re: misc/26933: sysinstall - fdisk does not properly "dangerously dedicate" a disk Reply-To: David Taylor Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR misc/26933; it has been noted by GNATS. From: David Taylor To: sparkstp@home.com Cc: Subject: Re: misc/26933: sysinstall - fdisk does not properly "dangerously dedicate" a disk Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 23:30:55 +0100 > >Description: > When allocating disk space using the fdisk utiltiy, selecting > "A = Use Entire Disk" command, no dialog box pops up to confirm > the dedication of the entire disk. Two partitions are created. > Th first partion starts at 0 and ends at 62 and is marked as > "unused". The compatibilty partition? The second partition > uses the remaining disk space. > Try reading the help (F1, whilst in fdisk, IIRC). Dangerously dedicated mode is depreciated, and can only be activated through the 'F' (?) command, which is presumably deliberately not displayed on the menu. -- David Taylor davidt@yadt.co.uk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message