2009/3/20 Jeremy Lea <r...@freebsd.org>: > Hi, > > On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 09:51:27PM +0000, Ivan Voras wrote: >> +20090320: >> + GEOM_PART has become the default partition slicer for storage devices, >> + replacing GEOM_MBR, GEOM_BSD, GEOM_PC98 and GEOM_GPT slicers. It >> + introduces some changes: the devices created from MSDOS extended >> + partition entries (EBR) can be named differently than with GEOM_MBR >> + and are now symlinks to devices with offset-based names, and kernel >> + dumps are now not allowed to be written to devices whose partition >> + types indicate they are meant to be used for file systems. >> + > > This should probably also note the issue with stale disklabels from old > DD mode disks, which causes the machine to be unbootable. It should > also mention the "geometry does not match label (255h,63s != 16h,63s)" > message (which appears to be harmless), and it should also probably > mention that the c partition now covers the entire disk, not just the > "DOS partition"... And it should be noted that these changes took place > in Decemeber, so that people have a better chance of knowing if they are > going to be bitten.
Ok. Should I re-sort the note into December (probably not since it mentions development from a large period) or just mention it in text? @Marcel: is the warning important (I didn't encounter it yet; I guess it probably a quirk of UFS?) and is the "c" change intended? (isn't it time to abandon the special case of "c"?) _______________________________________________ svn-src-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-all-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
