Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2000 05:26:40 +0200 From: Siegbert Baude <siegbert.baude@gmx.de> To: thomas@noproblem.net, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 4.1-STABLE BOOT SLICE PROBLEM Message-ID: <39B1C4F0.2245693C@gmx.de> References: <000001c01553$c5b1b300$0101a8c0@noproblem.net>
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Hi Thomas, > That's where I'm confused: I thought 'slice' was FreeBSD word for > 'fdisk/Microsoft partition'? You´re right Thomas. Chad´s statements were confusing. > That's even more confusing as I though that that 'fdisk partition' would be > called a 'slice' in FreeBSD jargon and that disklabel progam will create > what FreeBSD calls 'partitions' as in 'partition a' for root file system, > 'partition b' for swap space , etc ... Again you´re right. > So, is the following correct? > > For physical disk /dev/da0, we have for the 1st SLICE (Microsoft partition): > > (raw access) > /dev/rda0s1 first slice > /dev/rda0s1a or /dev/rda0a partition a, usually root file system > /dev/rda0s1b or /dev/rda0b partition b, usually swap space > /dev/rda0c whole FreeBSD slice This should also be /dev/rda0s1c to be consistent. > /dev/rda0s1d or /dev/rda0d partition d > /dev/rda0s1e or /dev/rda0e partition e > /dev/rda0s1f or /dev/rda0f partition f > /dev/rda0s1g or /dev/rda0g partition g > /dev/rda0s1h or /dev/rda0h partition h > > (block device) > /dev/da0s1 first slice > /dev/da0s1a or /dev/da0a partition a, usually root file system > /dev/da0s1b or /dev/da0b partition b, usually swap space > /dev/da0c Again /dev/da0s1c. > /dev/da0s1d or /dev/da0d partition d > /dev/da0s1e or /dev/da0e partition e > /dev/da0s1f or /dev/da0f partition f > /dev/da0s1g or /dev/da0g partition g > /dev/da0s1h or /dev/da0h partition h > > and > > /dev/rda0s2 or /dev/da0s2 for 2nd SLICE (Microsoft partition) > /dev/rda0s3 or /dev/da0s3 for 3rd SLICE (Microsoft partition) > /dev/rda0s4 or /dev/da0s4 for 4th SLICE (Microsoft partition) > > and > > /dev/rda0s5 or /dev/da0s5 for 1st drive in Microsoft Extended partition > /dev/rda0s6 or /dev/da0s6 for 2nd drive in Microsoft Extended partition > /dev/rda0s7 or /dev/da0s7 for 3rd drive in Microsoft Extended partition Regards Siegbert To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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