>>>>> "MS" == Mike Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
MS> Regardless of what you think, the only correct way to divvy up a disk on
MS> a PC is to start with an MBR and work down from there. There is no other
MS> way to do this properly, and to think otherwise merely demonstrates your
MS> ignorance.
Excuse me, but an MBR is not an FDISK label. I had a system that had
BSD/OS instaled on it with no FDISK label and it worked just fine.
Linux detected the disk and installed fine, as well. The only time I
ever needed to have an FDISK label on a PeeCee was when trying to boot
with a silly NCR scsi controller that demanded one. An empty one was
fine.
Tried to install FreeBSD on it and it just hung when probing for
devices. I finally booted a freedos disk and ran it's fdisk program
to put in an empty FDISK label. Then FreeBSD was able to use the
disk.
Who's demonstrating ignorance here?
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