Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2013 15:36:21 +0000 (UTC) From: Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r41811 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics Message-ID: <201306011536.r51FaLfP079593@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: eadler Date: Sat Jun 1 15:36:21 2013 New Revision: 41811 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/41811 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 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 </tgroup> </informaltable> - <para>Each partition-that-contains-a-file-system is stored in what - &os; calls a <firstterm>slice</firstterm>. 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.</para> + <para>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.</para> <indexterm><primary>slices</primary></indexterm> <indexterm><primary>partitions</primary></indexterm>
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