Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 17:19:14 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: partek@indecent.com (David Anderson) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and the Promise 2300+ EIDE controller Message-ID: <199508310019.RAA19617@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.950830150130.5539A-100000@system1.indecent.com> from "David Anderson" at Aug 30, 95 04:50:58 pm
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> I don't quite understand this disklabel thing.. In 80 words or less(or > point me to a FAQ), what is it? :) An extended partition editor for extended paritions of type "BSD" as opposed to extended partitions of type "DOS Extended". Where a DOS Extended Partition would have a DOS partition table, BSD "extended paritions" have a record (also called a disklabel). It has 8192 bytes of BSD BIOS boot code and then up to 8 "extended partitions". The "BSD extended paritions" are defined as: 1) root 2) swap ...) user defined How's that for 80 words or less? Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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