On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 06:03:21PM +0100, Martin Reindl wrote: > "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. >
It's clear now, because the paragraph is _new_ :-) http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/www/faq/faq14.html.diff?r1=1.143&r2=1.145&f=h Tobias
