From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 23 02:49:53 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A84D4106564A for ; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 02:49:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fullermd@over-yonder.net) Received: from thyme.infocus-llc.com (server.infocus-llc.com [206.156.254.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F8AA8FC08 for ; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 02:49:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from draco.over-yonder.net (c-174-50-4-38.hsd1.ms.comcast.net [174.50.4.38]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by thyme.infocus-llc.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5899A37B50E; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:49:52 -0500 (CDT) Received: by draco.over-yonder.net (Postfix, from userid 100) id AC298178F5; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:49:51 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:49:51 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Thomas Mueller Message-ID: <20110923024951.GJ14862@over-yonder.net> References: <20110920210906.GG14862@over-yonder.net> <20110921082649.9616D1065672@hub.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110921082649.9616D1065672@hub.freebsd.org> X-Editor: vi X-OS: FreeBSD User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21-fullermd.4 (2010-09-15) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.2 at thyme.infocus-llc.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 9.0 beta2 & the new bsdinstaller X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 02:49:53 -0000 On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 08:26:47AM +0000 I heard the voice of Thomas Mueller, and lo! it spake thus: > > I don't think there is any particular advantage in aligning GPT > partitions on 1 MB boundaries. No, but it's biiiig, and roooound! (http://dilbert.com/fast/1994-03-24/) It's a nice round number, and with even the by-modern-standards smallish drives I was using, it rounds to 0 "wasted" space. So I figured, what does it hurt? My mail was just to say IWBNI the hurt was more "Hey, this probably isn't going to work, are you sure?" rather than "Hahaha, you think you can boot?? Sucker!" -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Systems/Network Administrator | http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/ On the Internet, nobody can hear you scream.