cvs commit: src/sbin/bsdlabel bsdlabel.c

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Thu Aug 28 05:10:26 PDT 2003


In message <3F4DEFAF.4000502 at tcoip.com.br>, "Daniel C. Sobral" writes:
>Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>> phk         2003/08/27 15:34:57 PDT
>> 
>>   FreeBSD src repository
>> 
>>   Modified files:
>>     sbin/bsdlabel        bsdlabel.c 
>>   Log:
>>   When we initialize a disk with a virgin label, create also an 'a'
>>   partition which starts after the bootstrap area and fills the entire
>>   disk.
>
>Out of curiosity, why?

Trying to be a little bit userfriendly and trying to discourage people
from using the 'c' partition.

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