Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 15:44:57 +0100 From: "Bond, Jeffery" <Jeff.Bond@nectech.co.uk> To: "'Ladavac Marino'" <mladavac@metropolitan.at> Cc: "'FreeBSD questions'" <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: RE: Partitioning the disk for FreeBSD Message-ID: <DD2AB7991BC6D211988E00A024AC583B5DFA09@exchange.nectech.co.uk>
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Hi Marino Yes, same as DOS, Windows, Linux, but I agree that that the disklabel 'partitions' are partitions in the UNIX world. It is still confusing though, and I don't know a way around it really. It's just a shame that what DOS, windows and Linux users call a 'partition', we call a 'slice'. Regards, Jeff > -----Original Message----- > From: Ladavac Marino [SMTP:mladavac@metropolitan.at] > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 1999 3:36 PM > To: 'Bond, Jeffery'; Ladavac Marino; 'alan17@his.com'; > dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: RE: Partitioning the disk for FreeBSD > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Bond, Jeffery [SMTP:Jeff.Bond@nectech.co.uk] > > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 1999 4:28 PM > > To: 'Ladavac Marino'; 'alan17@his.com'; dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu > > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > Subject: RE: Partitioning the disk for FreeBSD > > > > I think the naming is confusing. Surely, we should call the main > > partition a > > 'partition' and not a slice (same as everyone else), and then have > > some > > other name for the subdivisions that the disklabel editor creates. > > > [ML] Same as who else? DOS world? Disklabel partitions are > partitions in UNIX world :) > > /Marino To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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