bsdlabel and c partition
Hi I have partitioned a disk using bsdlabel and I have used the c partition for the entire disk. According to the manual this mean I have used the disk in dedicated mode. Is there any danger in it? Is it preferable to use another partition? Thanks a lot. Valerio Daelli ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: bsdlabel and c partition
At 11:23 PM 9/16/2005, Valerio daelli wrote: Hi I have partitioned a disk using bsdlabel and I have used the c partition for the entire disk. According to the manual this mean I have used the disk in dedicated mode. Is there any danger in it? Is it preferable to use another partition? As long as you keep the disk away from other OS's you'll be fine. Some utilities in FreeBSD will complain if you use the c partition. Personally I've been using the a partition on freshly labeled disks recently, since it defaults to the whole disk minus the first 16 sectors. -Glenn Thanks a lot. Valerio Daelli ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: bsdlabel and c partition
Hi I have partitioned a disk using bsdlabel and I have used the c partition for the entire disk. According to the manual this mean I have used the disk in dedicated mode. No, it does not mean you have used it in dedicated mode (or 'dangerously dedicated' mode). That is something else - basically using the disk without slicing it - eg /dev/da0c rather than /dev/da0s1c. Both work. The first makes some assumptions that some systems will not follow. Is there any danger in it? Is it preferable to use another partition? My preference is to use either an 'a' name for the partition or possibly an 'e' name for the partition because e is past all those that have traditional uses. I don't think it is supposed to be dangerous, but there may be some utilities that make some assumptions about the meaning of a 'c' partition. jerry Thanks a lot. Valerio Daelli ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: bsdlabel and c partition
Valerio daelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is it preferable to use another partition? At least because /boot.config only works on a, it has been recommened that a be used, and maybe because almost every one uses it, I've never learned what bad things happen if you don't use a. You're unlikely to ever use /boot.config, BTW. 5.4 didn't install one. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
