From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Sep 3 3:50:24 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from relay1.inwind.it (relay1.inwind.it [212.141.53.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C510E37B423 for ; Sun, 3 Sep 2000 03:50:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bartequi.ottodomain.org (212.141.78.83) by relay1.inwind.it (5.1.046) id 39AFDC99000381CC; Sun, 3 Sep 2000 12:49:47 +0200 From: Salvo Bartolotta Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2000 11:49:47 GMT Message-ID: <20000903.11494700@bartequi.ottodomain.org> Subject: Re: FW: 4.1-STABLE BOOT SLICE PROBLEM To: Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <000201c01558$78871d40$0101a8c0@noproblem.net> References: <000201c01558$78871d40$0101a8c0@noproblem.net> X-Mailer: SuperCalifragilis X-Priority: 3 (Normal) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org [ redirected to -chat ] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 9/3/00, 4:38:48 AM, "Thomas Beauchamp" wrote=20 regarding FW: 4.1-STABLE BOOT SLICE PROBLEM: > Hi Siegbert, > Thank you for your comments. > I wonder why this terminology trouble has not been ironed out yet, as = if > things were not confused enough ... > Thomas Hello Thomas, If you think about it, you 'll find the [Free]BSD way clear, flexible=20 and rational. A "slice" (=3Dpartition in DOS/Winblows parlance) may be further=20 subdivided: you can have up to 8 subdivisions (=3Dpartitions in FreeBSD = parlance), or up to 16 subdivisions (under OpenBSD). This method is much more flexible than, say, M$'s: e.g. I have been=20 able to make some *BSD systems coexist on my workstation -- otherwise,=20 I would have run out of "partitions" (in M$'s sense) :-) Best regards, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message