Dangerously dedicated?
Jonathon McKitrick
jcm at FreeBSD-uk.eu.org
Thu Feb 19 11:44:54 PST 2004
On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 10:51:17AM -0800, Matthew Dillon wrote:
: I would still install a normal boot and slice, even if it only runs
: dragonfly. Dangerously Dedicated mode has always been a terrible hack
: and it can cause newer BIOS'es to crash even before they load the boot
: sector.
Mine laptop has been running in DD mode for a few years. P2-266. Don't
seem to have many problems with new BIOS problems. ;-)
jm
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