From owner-freebsd-alpha Mon Dec 7 17:26:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA16110 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 17:26:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (ppp6.portal.net.au [202.12.71.106]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA15994 for ; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 17:26:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA00922; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 15:57:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199812072357.PAA00922@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Doug Rabson cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , Mark Turpin , freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Multia - Install success - 3.0-19981125-SNAP In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 07 Dec 1998 09:53:29 GMT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 15:57:21 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > On Sat, 5 Dec 1998, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > P.S. Anyone know why the Alpha isn't permitting folks to use fully > > qualified slice names in /etc/fstab? I read Mark's web page and was > > just about to go "hey! that can't be right!" when I went to look at > > beast and saw that it was also using the compatability slice, > > presumably for good reason. WTF? Was I asleep in class that day? I > > missed something.. :-) > > > > Because there aren't any slices. All the alphas with SRM will be using > 'dangerously' dedicated disks with *no* DOS MBR at all. Doesn't the > compatibility slice just mean "the first MBR slice with code 165"? Please don't confuse the issue; disks used for booting from SRM are *NOT* 'dangerously dedicated', they're truly dedicated. You're welcome to look at the differences, or just accept that the two aren't the same. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message