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Re: [zfs-discuss] disk names?

Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] disk names?
From: Luke Scharf
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:13:01 -0400
Carson Gaspar wrote:
> And s2 isn't special in any way except convention. _Any_ slice that 
> starts at sector 0 (and ends far enough away) will behave the same. If 
> your disk label is broken/missing/whatever, you won't _have_ an s2.
>   

So, can I build a working system without s2?

I think the last time I tried was a Sparc 5 about 7 years ago, and it 
didn't really work.  But maybe it would work on x86...  Ever since I 
figured out what was going on, I've been mindful not to bust the convention.

-Luke

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