Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 08:17:06 +0100 From: Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <jruigrok@via-net-works.nl> To: Peter Wemm <peter@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release/sysinstall disks.c Message-ID: <20010115081706.D63646@lucifer.bart.nl> In-Reply-To: <200101150529.f0F5TrX86109@freefall.freebsd.org>; from peter@FreeBSD.org on Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 09:29:53PM -0800 References: <200101150529.f0F5TrX86109@freefall.freebsd.org>
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-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. -- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven VIA Net.Works The Netherlands BSD: Technical excellence at its best Network- and systemadministrator D78D D0AD 244D 1D12 C9CA 7152 035C 1138 546A B867 Killing me is not enough to make me go away... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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