Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 13:20:27 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FAQ Section 2.15... Message-ID: <199701182020.NAA12396@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <Mutt.19970117221558.j@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at Jan 17, 97 10:15:58 pm
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> As Terry Lambert wrote:
>
> > > Please avoid confusing other users with your non-FreeBSD terminology.
> >
> > This is actually DOS terminology...
>
> No, it ain't. DOS has only one level of partitioning, we've got two.
> the only terminology these people
DISK
|
V
DOS primary 1 -> DOS
*partition* 3 -> BSD "partition" 1 -> a
table 2 -> b
3 -> c
4 -> d
5 -> e
6 -> f
7 -> g
8 -> h
4 -> DOS extended 1 -> DOS
*partition* 2 -> linux boot
table 3 -> linux swap
4 -> linux user
^ ^
| |
1 2
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Regards,
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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