From owner-svn-doc-all@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 24 22:08:59 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 837C04FC for ; Mon, 24 Jun 2013 22:08:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@eitanadler.com) Received: from mail-pb0-x22f.google.com (mail-pb0-x22f.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c01::22f]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D25A1222 for ; Mon, 24 Jun 2013 22:08:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pb0-f47.google.com with SMTP id rr13so11544240pbb.6 for ; Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:08:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=eitanadler.com; s=0xdeadbeef; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=Rt2ySUC/QUDu8/TDC1sQonr8nFTPIpT95U4boCVVAmY=; b=gBNXx7YpErx4LCO27idtXkKVwwBsI0zRdETsRhBlUECA8jAxDiGrQ7Br4n2jlmZzrv r2UlAx3Kb9qocw9cdsHu3j/5WTenLWd6vCya9rLFuKbYuVG2hg81DA51fITKFd/m7T1o z6tLLAkM5tdD8luHJaSy6j+lHUvH5iCxAeSuE= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :x-gm-message-state; bh=Rt2ySUC/QUDu8/TDC1sQonr8nFTPIpT95U4boCVVAmY=; b=K6cFiM4O+iIm/gpW8XVSIWU1YRhwoBch9MUrqfIWNFxbN8eI1+1hJeRmAa+XKXlUKB 4IT8Smczw9GvM3+0oOzIA+Gh545r7u3JNnHQj826aHll10QClfV9nPMtJZ1Uri1ToXd1 rQgfcztFVSbUgu5e/iAdrMlkGlEtWkSyC/FSrAPRTMiJ4/YtHVk0IGo0tjz4GqIWLhDf ZMSFbN2qlqYzG1m+GbHmo4Q++XU1FoODi4nQFASy9ewljDchRPd2W26dSN4XgQWEzkW3 yYwpTu0ktbrOGN+PP4Dr2J1C/OteKesLEqN9ECrxf8widZeAmQj4kypNRlbFQMhZ6NTn 4m4g== X-Received: by 10.66.27.3 with SMTP id p3mr29858956pag.68.1372111739084; Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:08:59 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: lists@eitanadler.com Received: by 10.70.45.33 with HTTP; Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:08:29 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <201306011536.r51FaLfP079593@svn.freebsd.org> From: Eitan Adler Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 00:08:29 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: EYR_GtUUOPAL9_JMiaA2srt36OA Message-ID: Subject: Re: svn commit: r41811 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics To: Benjamin Kaduk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmogllvHoWE8I1Ew23LUOIUD//r1tHE70xLbHP9H/7fxjlE9F6PgaCj7QJhOdJ8Qe0JDi84 Cc: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, doc-committers@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire doc trees \(except for " user" , " projects" , and " translations" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 22:08:59 -0000 On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 9:55 PM, Benjamin Kaduk wrote: > On Sat, 1 Jun 2013, Eitan Adler wrote: > >> Log: >> Clarify some language relating to how disks are laid out in &os; >> >> Submitted by: crees >> >> Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml >> >> ============================================================================== >> --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml Sat Jun 1 >> 15:23:47 2013 (r41810) >> +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml Sat Jun 1 >> 15:36:21 2013 (r41811) >> @@ -1380,11 +1380,10 @@ root 5211 0.0 0.2 3620 1724 2 >> >> >> >> - Each partition-that-contains-a-file-system is stored in what >> - &os; calls a slice. Slice is >> - &os;'s term for what the common call partitions, and again, >> - this is because of &os;'s &unix; background. Slices are >> - numbered, starting at 1, through to 4. >> + Disks in &os; are divided into slices, referred to in >> + &windows; as partitions, which are numbered from 1 to 4. These >> + are then then divided into partitions, which contain file >> + systems, and are labeled using lettesrs. > > > This seems silently MBR-centric, though we are using GPT by default in our > installer IIRC... > This is the "basics" chapter, though, so I'm not sure how best to change > things (and that would probably end up a larger project). I would be happy to see some additional work in this area. I believe wblock@ is working on the storage area in general. That said, I don't have the time for rewriting this section. -- Eitan Adler Source, Ports, Doc committer Bugmeister, Ports Security teams