"J.C. Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 13:50:48 -0800, "J.C. Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >(2) When doing the installation disklabel, the "suggested" starting > >offset for the 'a' partition is 0? I know using an offset of 0 is > >discouraged on i386 and other systems (default is 63), so I figured I'd > >ask if using a 0 offset is the "best/correct" way for alpha? > > Just for those searching the misc@ archives... > > I received info off-list that disklabel is doing the right thing by > using an offset of 0 on the alpha architecture.
I wonder anyway how you got the impression it was doing wrong and the offset would be 63 for the first slice. FAQ 14.1 only talks about i386 and amd64 under 'Disklabel tricks and tips/Leave first track free'. It's clear imo.
