root partition

2007-12-25 10:43:00

original question:

> I have done pretty much configurations and installed softwares, then i found

> my root partion are start at cly 504 instead of cyl 0 ?

> does root partition has to be started at cly 0?

The answer is:

it should not have problems.

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Stephen gave this suggestion

> Do you think it may cause potential problems in the future?

None that I can think of - as long as the filesystem is okay

and you have the PROM set to look for the bootblock and kernel

there. ( I think that this is all done automatically when

you do the install.)

Having said that ...

The only problem is with humans - we are used to seeing the

bootblock and root partition at slice 0, and if the PROM is

reset to defaults, it too will revert to slice 0. If it was

my machine I would reconfigure it just to prevent me from

making a mistake at a future time when I may not remember that

this machine is different than any of the others.

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I think he is right. I am reinstalling now.

Thanks again.

Ying He

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