Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 11:06:19 +0700 From: Erich Dollansky <erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: Scott Bennett <bennett@cs.niu.edu> Subject: Re: random problem with 8.3 from yesterday Message-ID: <201202261106.19487.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1u-nctGz0pq7fkw9qQiF2myh_aVT3GkKDCESEDSNsB4XQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <201202251717.q1PHHeXD024464@mp.cs.niu.edu> <CAN6yY1u-nctGz0pq7fkw9qQiF2myh_aVT3GkKDCESEDSNsB4XQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, On Sunday 26 February 2012 00:55:46 Kevin Oberman wrote: > I thought he was creating a "monolithic" device...what was called > "dangerously dedicated". No slices at all. Not only are DD volumes yes, I remember this term. And Windows machines get confused but they do not damage the media. > mountable, they are bootable. It's been years since I created a DD > disk as the slight space savings are irrelevant on modern hundreds of > gigabyte disks, so I may have forgotten how it works. It might still > make sense on a small thumb drive, bootable or not. Never break a winning team. The script doing the job works since a long time. This is the simple reason behind. Erich
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