Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 14:26:56 -0800 (PST) From: Ping Mai <ping@stepnet.com> To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Cc: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, terry@lambert.org, peter@hw.nl, ping@stepnet.com, dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FAQ Section 2.15... Message-ID: <199701182226.OAA11974@tibet.stepnet.com> In-Reply-To: <199701171811.LAA08771@phaeton.artisoft.com> from Terry Lambert at "Jan 17, 97 11:11:42 am"
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> > > Note that the whole partition doesn't have to be under 1G, only:
> > ``slice''
> > >
> > > o the disklabel
> > > o the a slice
> > ``partition'', Terry!
> >
> > Please avoid confusing other users with your non-FreeBSD terminology.
>
> This is actually DOS terminology... the only terminology these people
> are likely to be familiar with, considering that they can't understand
> how to install the system to get familiar with the new terminology.
>
> > If SVR4 decided to leave the Unix tradition and named what used to be
> > called a partition a slice later, that's their problem. FreeBSD has a
> > commonly stated terminology, so use this one when talking about
> > FreeBSD.
>
> I was talking to a DOS person.
>
> BTW: you may not have noticed, but DOS users outnumber BSD users by a
> large proportion...
>
> The terminology should be irrelevent anyway.
>
> When is devfs going to be the default so I can work on deltas to it
> to make the terminology irrelevent?
>
>
> Terry Lambert
> terry@lambert.org
> ---
> Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
> or previous employers.
>
Thanks to everyone who reminded me the 1G limitation.
Sorry Terry, I don't consider myself a "DOS person".
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