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Date:      Sun, 14 Jan 2001 23:48:02 -0800
From:      Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>
To:        Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <jruigrok@via-net-works.nl>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/release/sysinstall disks.c 
Message-ID:  <200101150748.f0F7m2Q00962@mobile.wemm.org>
In-Reply-To: <20010115081706.D63646@lucifer.bart.nl> 

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Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven wrote:
> -On [20010115 06:35], Peter Wemm (peter@FreeBSD.org) wrote:
> >  Log:
> >  Don't invite trouble by waving the 'Dangerously Dedicated' (DD) option
> >  at people.  This has been sitting in my tree for a few months now.  I
> >  have spoken with quite a few folks about this and the support for doing
> >  this was pretty strong.  I dont remember names though, so I cannot share
> >  the blame :-(.  Note that this does not *remove* DD mode, it just stops
> >  waving it at new users.  You can still set it via config files etc, and
> >  the bootblocks and kernel still support it.  You can still use disklabel
> >  to make true DD disks.
> 
> I haven't looked at the commit yet, but is the DD mode still available
> easily from under the Custom setup?
> 
> Or is the only thing to get at it through install scripts?
> We only use dedicated mode at the company I work for, no problems
> whatsoever.

.. yet ...  What happens when they bump revisions of the motherboards or
bios's that you use and it stops working on your new motherboards?

Cheers,
-Peter
--
Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au
"All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5



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