AlphaCore 1.0 final release !

[Steven N. Hirsch]

On Wed, 11 May 2005, Mike Foley wrote:

> 
> It's too bad the work that was done by API engineers to add
> DOS labeled disk support to SRM wasn't released. It was
> working really well and relieved one of having to muck
> with BSD labelling.
> 
> Alas, that code, like the Linux-based replacement for SRM, has
> passed on.

Well, all's well that ends well.  After removing the 'c' slice, the 
installation completed without incident.  Nice work guys!!

I was especially pleased to see that it didn't hose /boot, since it's 
shared by (3) different distros (HP/RH72, gentoo and now ac-1.0).  The 
original /boot/etc/aboot.conf was backed up to *.rpmsave.  All I had to 
do was merge the two and everything just worked. (I made sure to tell Disk 
Druid not to format /boot!) 

Steve



> Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 
> > Steven N. Hirsch wrote:
> > 
> > > Not being familiar with Anaconda, I wonder if it is getting confused
> > > by the situation - particularly the 'C' slice?
> > 
> > 
> > Yes; if it wasn't completely clear, the BSD tradition is that C slice
> > exists, and describes the entire disk.
> > 
> > I usually use slice 'd', for 'data'.  And others for swap and boot.