Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 16:05:10 +0200 (CEST) From: Malte Lance <malte@webmore.com> To: "Robert J Lynn Jr (TeChYMaN)" <root@techyman.ml.org> Cc: Jesse <j@lumiere.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net> Subject: Re: partitioning new disks Message-ID: <XFMail.980611160510.malte@webmore.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980610151535.2084C-100000@techyman.ml.org>
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It depends, slices are made with fdisk and are generally know as partitions in the dos world. (disklabel-)partitions are made with disklabel and are laid out ontop of slices or the entire disk. Malte. On 10-Jun-98 Robert J Lynn Jr (TeChYMaN) wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Cyber: its the other way around, fdisk for partitions, disklabel for > slices. > > - ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Robert J. Lynn Jr. (TeChYMaN, TechyMan, rjlynn, TeChY) > "What does rm -rf * do?" > Owner/Operator Williamsport Computer > Owner/Operator TeChYMaN's BSD Shells > KidsWorld Sr. Helper > > > On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, CyberPeasant wrote: > >> Jesse wrote: >> > >> > Hi, >> > >> > I'm gonna be setting up a new disk on my system tomorrow. I was wondering >> > if anyone had suggestions on the best way to partition the disk (like, >> > what commands) and how to set it bootable. /stand/sysinstall maybe? I >> > don't want to install anythin gon the drives, just make the >> > partitions/slices and set it bootable. >> > >> >> fdisk for slices, disklabel for partitions. These are both "hidden" >> in sysinstall. >> >> Dave >> -- >> DISCLAIMER: If it can be disclaimed, it is. >> DISCLAIMER: In particular, I don't represent any organization. >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 > Charset: noconv > > iQA/AwUBNX7bhg2MC48AN/7zEQJ20ACgs46FEXPq/stEXYbrQgq0szNJVngAoIh5 > O6Tuo4UXpH5CrO8CEAnVcpmR > =b2Mr > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ---------------------------------- E-Mail: Malte Lance <malte@webmore.com> Date: 11-Jun-98 Time: 16:00:30 ---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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