From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon May 22 3:27:41 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from sintec.sintec.ro (sintec.sintec.ro [193.226.125.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BF9937BF6E for ; Mon, 22 May 2000 03:27:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from KoronkaS@interscope.ro) Received: from uranus.interscope.ro (b_telemach.sintec.ro [193.226.125.34]) by sintec.sintec.ro (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA23515; Mon, 22 May 2000 13:37:05 +0300 Received: by URANUS with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Mon, 22 May 2000 13:25:22 +0300 Message-ID: From: Stefan KORONKA To: "'leegold'" , MrK1nt@aol.com Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Users in NYC? Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 13:25:16 +0300 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > 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