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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>