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Date:      Sun, 3 Sep 2000 01:11:11 -0700
From:      "Crist J . Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net>
To:        David Uhring <duhring@charter.net>
Cc:        thomas@noproblem.net, chad@DCFinc.com, JDBitters@cs.com, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 4.1-STABLE BOOT SLICE PROBLEM
Message-ID:  <20000903011111.F62475@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com>
In-Reply-To: <00090221070200.18474@dave>; from duhring@charter.net on Sat, Sep 02, 2000 at 08:49:55PM -0500
References:  <000c01c01546$f334ed40$0101a8c0@noproblem.net> <00090221070200.18474@dave>

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On Sat, Sep 02, 2000 at 08:49:55PM -0500, David Uhring wrote:
[snip]
> See the Handbook, Section 2.4.2, where Microsoft "partitions" are discussed. 
> Even though the BIOS - read Microsoft - partitions are limited to 4 primary
> partitions, BSD's and Solaris's "slice" tables do not reside in the MBR, but
> rather in the first sector of the partition on which BSD or Solaris resides. 
> Partitions are configured with fdisk and slices are configured with disklabel. 

No, that's backwards. From the section of the handbook you refer,

  FIPS allows you to split an existing MS-DOS partition into two
  pieces, preserving the original partition and allowing you to
  install onto the second free piece... Afterwards, you can reboot and
  install FreeBSD on the new free slice.
                                  ^^^^^
Also, from dfisk(8)

  BUGS
       .
       .
       Throughout this man page, the term `partition' is used where it should
       actually be `slice', in order to conform with the terms used elsewhere.

> You should see what Linux 2.4.0-test7 reports as the geometry of my primary HD.
>  Until I got rid of Solaris and used its space for FreeBSD and OpenBSD, I had
> 32 /dev/hda*.  Yes, it is confusing that FreeBSD uses 's' to designate
> partitions.  Get used to it.

Easy to remeber 's' for 'slice.' I just find the 1-4 rather than 0-3
numbering incongruent. ;)
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.com


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