Date: 21 Feb 1999 16:32:04 +0100 From: naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de (Christian Weisgerber) To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD Message-ID: <7ap8tk$pqg$1@mips.rhein-neckar.de> References: <7af7uh$dnb$1@mips.rhein-neckar.de> <199902181552.KAA15641@gatekeeper.itribe.net>
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Jamie Bowden <jamie@itribe.net> wrote:
> > Linux uses the standard PC partition model. FreeBSD treats standard
> > partitions as slices and creates its own partitions within. Different
> > approach, and the FreeBSD one is certainly harder to understand.
>
> I'm curious why you make this claim?
Because that is the impression I get when I need to explain the concept
to newbies. Also, simple observation on FreeBSD forums shows that
confusion about "slices" and "partitions" is rampant.
Heck, even I haven't figured out how disklabel(8) fits into that mess.
> It's no more difficult to understand than the dos users concept of an
> extended partition with multiple logical drives defined within it.
Sure, it's not intrinsically difficult to understand. But extended
partitions are just partitions that can be used by the various PC
operating systems. FreeBSD does its own thing. I can't re-use the
partitions in a FreeBSD slice for, say, Linux.
--
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de
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