Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 22:51:05 -0700 From: "Kory Hamzeh" <kory@avatar.com> To: "Brett Waldon" <necro666@sbcglobal.net>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: i dont unsterstand the disk label maker Message-ID: <001401c13ce1$3e342f00$14ce21c7@avatar.com> In-Reply-To: <3BA192A9.CC1253EC@sbcglobal.net>
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Under FBSD, disk label maker is used to make "slices". Slices are the equivalent to partition under windows which map to a disk drive. However, unix does not really use the same concept of disk drive. Each partition (i.e. unix slice) is a individual file system or swap space that gets mounted as a directory off of the root directory. For example, most systems have three slices: root (which gets mounted at "/"), swap, and usr which gets mounted at /usr. However, you can simple create a directory called /gobbly-gook and mount the usr file system as /goobly-gook. So when you do a "cd /goobly-gook" you'll end up in the slice. A slice (i.e. partition i.e. filesystem) can be mounted inside another file system. Filesystem are reference by the device name (/dev/*) or mount point (/usr). Kory > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Brett Waldon > Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 10:16 PM > To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: i dont unsterstand the disk label maker > > > what am i suppost to put as a label i dont understand it (i am a windows > native) > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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