Re: FreeBSD handbook, 16.3.2.2

2005-08-07 Thread Gary W. Swearingen
Nikolas Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "# disklabel -Brw da1 auto" > what did the -r option do, why is it used in this example when > bsdlabel doesn't support it. It enabled the labeling of an unlabeled "disk". It's used because the handbook is still in transition from the old "disklabel"

FreeBSD handbook, 16.3.2.2

2005-08-07 Thread Nikolas Britton
Quoting the FreeBSD Handbook: "16.3.2.2 Dedicated If you will not be sharing the new drive with another operating system, you may use the dedicated mode. Remember this mode can confuse Microsoft operating systems; however, no damage will be done by them. IBM's OS/2(r) however, will &q