Does FreeBSD start slices at head boundaries?
Warren Block
wblock at wonkity.com
Sat Jul 7 04:43:28 UTC 2012
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) 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.
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