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Date:      Mon, 22 May 2000 13:25:16 +0300
From:      Stefan KORONKA <KoronkaS@interscope.ro>
To:        "'leegold'" <goldtech@worldpost.com>, MrK1nt@aol.com
Cc:        freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: Users in NYC?
Message-ID:  <D08F9E2FE307D411857300104B34F1A202D7DC@URANUS>

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> partioning,
> disk labeling - say what? (no one''s explaining what this is ),
> slices, (vs partitions, waht's the difference - i'd really 
> like to know_
> mounting points - what's this?
> how files (eg. \ ) are mounted to the partitions ( or is it 
> slices ), why?,

i'm a newbie too, but as far as i ca saw, the things are like this:
- first, you create a partition (a fbsd one)
- second, in that partition, you create slices (i can compare these, 
but not sure how exact it is, with "logical partitions" created into
a extended partition - under fat)
- then, you set the mount-point of the slices. yeap, you mount slices,
not partitions.

of course, if you create other type of partitions (not a bsd one), you
will mount partitions (there will be no "slices" then);

the "mount points" are virtual directories (eg, /mnt/cdrom) where 
physical devices become visible after mounting;

ok, enought with this ..

best,
stefan


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