it without any problem. It _may_ be possible that some
systems like Windows have trouble with this approach,
what trouble? Windows doesn't probably see anything.
anyway i would not risk running windows with FreeBSD containing disk
connected at the same time anyway. it's always risky.
To
Ah the FAQ
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/faq/disks.html#DANGEROUSLY-DEDICATED
I don't think it's dangerous either.
Thanks for your explanations.
While it's far simpler. Anyway i wasn't aware it's called that way as i
don't use installer
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disks. Maybe you get a
few kb of extra space. Don't do it.
because?
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Is there any performance advantage to using a dedicated disk layout
no. it is simplicity adventage, as well as (for SSD and 4K sector disks)
far easier to put partitions aligned.
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On Sat, 7 Jul 2012 11:16:33 +0200 (CEST), Wojciech Puchar wrote:
Ah the FAQ
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/faq/disks.html#DANGEROUSLY-DEDICATED
I don't think it's dangerous either.
Thanks for your explanations.
While it's far simpler. Anyway i wasn't aware it's called that way as
On Sat, 7 Jul 2012 11:15:44 +0200 (CEST), Wojciech Puchar wrote:
it without any problem. It _may_ be possible that some
systems like Windows have trouble with this approach,
what trouble? Windows doesn't probably see anything.
I have _no_ idea. Systems behaving in a manner you cannot
While it's far simpler. Anyway i wasn't aware it's called that way as i
don't use installer
As far as I know, the installer dropped dedicated mode some time
ago. So if you intendedly want to use it, you need to bypass the
installer and do the few simple steps using the CLI.
i already do this,
http://www.unixguide.net/freebsd/faq/09.03.shtml
That is EXTREMELY old advice.
completely irrevelant now.
Why so many people blindly repeat some rules without understanding it.
Even years after that rule no longer matters.
The other example is creating lots of partitions.
environment.
gpart(8) can create MBR slice/partition layouts (and GPT and other partition
schemes). See the man page. There is little reason to use fdisk and
bsdlabel any more.
i use only disklabel, no fdisk at all. i put partition start sector where
i want - no align problems.
I did
Hi All,
Installing FreeBSD 8.x I select A at the fdisk partition editor to
use the entire disk. It creates an unused slice with offset 0 and 63
sectors in size. Then partition 1 starts at sector 63 and utilizes
the remaining disk space. Does sysinstall's diskPartitonEditor macro
automatically
automatically start partitions at head boundaries? The reason I ask
is because I am most familiar with sector 64 being the start of a head
boundary as opposed to 63. Is my understanding incorrect?
yes. 63 is normal.
Anyway just don't make slices at all if your disk is dedicated to FreeBSD
On 7/6/2012 11:43 AM, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
automatically start partitions at head boundaries? The reason I ask
is because I am most familiar with sector 64 being the start of a head
boundary as opposed to 63. Is my understanding incorrect?
yes. 63 is normal.
Anyway just don't make slices
Ryan Coleman writes:
Anyway just don't make slices at all if your disk is dedicated
to FreeBSD
Except for swap, right?
Why do you say that?
Robert huff
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On 07/06/2012 07:28 PM, Robert Huff wrote:
Ryan Coleman writes:
Anyway just don't make slices at all if your disk is dedicated
to FreeBSD
Except for swap, right?
Why do you say that?
Robert huff
I think Ryan means partition and not
On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 11:19 AM, Ryan Coleman edi...@d3photography.com wrote:
Sector 64 is sector 63 when you start at 0.
OMG, so right...I cannot believe that went over my head! Thanks for
pointing it out. It lets me know that diskPartitionEditor is
automatically selecting start and end
Anyway just don't make slices at all if your disk is dedicated to FreeBSD
Except for swap, right?
wrong.
i said slices (==DOS/Windoze MBR partitions), not disklabel
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I think Ryan means partition and not slice?
I would not recommend no slices at all, It's deprecated to use dangerously
dedicated disks
Starting with 9 I don't see slices in mount ouput anymore but still there are
FreeBSD partitions in slices (which is a partitions in dos terms)
Example / is
On Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:47:27 +0200, Bas Smeelen wrote:
On 07/06/2012 07:28 PM, Robert Huff wrote:
Ryan Coleman writes:
Anyway just don't make slices at all if your disk is dedicated
to FreeBSD
Except for swap, right?
Why do you say that?
On 07/06/2012 08:25 PM, Polytropon wrote:
On Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:47:27 +0200, Bas Smeelen wrote:
On 07/06/2012 07:28 PM, Robert Huff wrote:
Ryan Coleman writes:
Anyway just don't make slices at all if your disk is dedicated
to FreeBSD
Except for swap, right?
Why do
[snip]
I think Ryan means partition and not slice?
I would not recommend no slices at all, It's deprecated to use
dangerously dedicated disks
First of all, it's dedicated disks, there's nothing dangerous
related. :-)
If you are using the MBR approach (old way), you can do
either creating
On 6 July 2012 11:44, Rick Miller vmil...@hostileadmin.com wrote:
Thanks for this explanation.
Is there any performance advantage to using a dedicated disk layout
over the old way of creating a slice and having your partitions within
it?
Slices isn't the old way. There is no perf advantage
On Fri, 6 Jul 2012 11:58:03 -0700, Eitan Adler wrote:
On 6 July 2012 11:44, Rick Miller vmil...@hostileadmin.com wrote:
Thanks for this explanation.
Is there any performance advantage to using a dedicated disk layout
over the old way of creating a slice and having your partitions within
On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Eitan Adler li...@eitanadler.com wrote:
Slices isn't the old way. There is no perf advantage for dedicated
disks. Maybe you get a
few kb of extra space. Don't do it.
http://www.unixguide.net/freebsd/faq/09.03.shtml
That is EXTREMELY old advice. The general
On 07/06/2012 09:06 PM, Michael Sierchio wrote:
On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Eitan Adler li...@eitanadler.com wrote:
Slices isn't the old way. There is no perf advantage for dedicated
disks. Maybe you get a
few kb of extra space. Don't do it.
I went through this exercise to determine if there were boundary
issues installing FreeBSD on disks. I concluded that FreeBSD was
indeed installing at head boundaries. A colleague then pointed me to
http://ivoras.net/blog/tree/2011-01-01.freebsd-on-4k-sector-drives.html
which calls into question
On Fri, 6 Jul 2012, Polytropon wrote:
For maximum security, you can use the old approach of
using fdisk + disklabel (creating slice, creating partitions
within slice). This also delivers most compatibility for
other systems, if it should be needed, e. g. in a multiboot
environment.
gpart(8)
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