Re: dangerously dedicated physical disks.

2013-09-24 Thread Graham Todd
>Thank you very much about your efforts to explain me in detailed the >'dangerous dedicated' term. > >Regards, > >atar. And as a complete newb trying to wrestle with some of the concepts here, may I add my thanks here for clarifying yet another well-understood matter which leaves us floundering.

Re: dangerously dedicated physical disks.

2013-09-23 Thread Warren Block
On Mon, 23 Sep 2013, Robert Simmons wrote: On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 6:25 AM, Polytropon wrote: With GPT, there is no reason to use BSD disklabels at all. And most modern computers do not have any problem booting it. The old MBR approach (as well as dedicated) will probably only be needed in n

Re: dangerously dedicated physical disks.

2013-09-23 Thread Robert Simmons
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 6:25 AM, Polytropon wrote: >> With GPT, there is no reason to use BSD disklabels at all. > > And most modern computers do not have any problem booting it. > The old MBR approach (as well as dedicated) will probably only > be needed in niche applications and exceptions. You

Re: dangerously dedicated physical disks.

2013-09-23 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 22 Sep 2013 08:25:24 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block wrote: > It's "dangerous" because that partitioning format is rare outside of > BSD-based systems. Disk utilities may not recognize it, and could > damage it. I think this is a good characterization of the term currently used. In historical

Re: dangerously dedicated physical disks.

2013-09-22 Thread atar
Thank you very much about your efforts to explain me in detailed the 'dangerous dedicated' term. Regards, atar. Warren Block wrote: On Sun, 22 Sep 2013, atar wrote: During the reading of the FreeBSD handbook, I've encountered at the term 'dangerously dedicated' regarding physical disks

Re: dangerously dedicated physical disks.

2013-09-22 Thread Warren Block
On Sun, 22 Sep 2013, atar wrote: During the reading of the FreeBSD handbook, I've encountered at the term 'dangerously dedicated' regarding physical disks and the author of this chapter in the FreeBSD handbook didn't think this term need more clarity. so for newbies like me in the FreeBSD worl

Re: dangerously dedicated physical disks.

2013-09-22 Thread atar
Thanks. it helps a little to clarify this term. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"

Re: dangerously dedicated physical disks.

2013-09-22 Thread Mike Jeays
On Sun, 22 Sep 2013 16:16:17 - atar wrote: > Hi there!! > > During the reading of the FreeBSD handbook, I've encountered at the term > 'dangerously dedicated' regarding physical disks and the author of this > chapter in the FreeBSD handbook didn't think this term need more clarity. > s

dangerously dedicated physical disks.

2013-09-22 Thread atar
Hi there!! During the reading of the FreeBSD handbook, I've encountered at the term 'dangerously dedicated' regarding physical disks and the author of this chapter in the FreeBSD handbook didn't think this term need more clarity. so for newbies like me in the FreeBSD world I want to ask: wh