Re: DSSI Disks

Andrew Ball <[email protected]> Sun, 3 May 2026 21:09:32 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.ports.vax
Message-ID <CACHVeKk9QiRf48HOasd159wkdY3y-PZ9TWMNXpPCFw3j3MsrBg@mail.gmail.com>
  JB> But honestly, I would just ignore this "problem". Like I said -
    > it's very much just a cosmetic thing.

    I never called it a problem and it doesn't seem to cause any
issues.  I would call it a curiosity.

  PK> I would have thought the "type" is chosen based on the disk
    > image size, but judging by the examples given that isn't the
    > case.  I wonder why not.

Why guess when the system tells you what each disk is?

  JB> When that exists, sure, it could provide some defaults. But it's
    > also a question of why.  Because the names have no actual
    > meaning.
    >
    > For MSCP, the only thing that actually matters is the size.
    > Names can be completely ignored.  They are only useful for
    > printing something for humans.

    It may terribly unfashionable in the age of A.I. but some of us
are still human.  ;-)

-Andrew.