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From: Craig Shrimpton <craigs@venus.os.com>
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Subject: What are disk "slices?"
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Greetings,

What are the differences between /dev/sd3a ...etc.  and /dev/sd3s1 ...etc.?
I have some disks that use the "slices" and others that don't.  Which is 
better?

Thanks,

Craig