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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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