On 09-Dec-01 Joerg Wunsch wrote: > As Peter Wemm wrote: > >> There shouldn't *be* bootblocks on non-boot disks. >> >> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da$n count=1 >> >> Dont use "disklabel -B -rw da$n auto". Use "disklabel -rw da$n auto". > > All my disks have bootblocks and (spare) boot partitions. All the > bootblocks are DD mode. I don't see any point in using obsolete fdisk > tables. (There's IMHO only one purpose obsolete fdisk tables are good > for, co-operation with other operating systems in the same machine. > None of my machines uses anything else than FreeBSD.)
Well, since they are a de facto part of the PC architecture they are also good so that you don't break BIOS's. -- John Baldwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
