From owner-svn-doc-all@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 1 20:00:14 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25DA45F8; Sat, 1 Jun 2013 20:00:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kaduk@mit.edu) Received: from dmz-mailsec-scanner-5.mit.edu (dmz-mailsec-scanner-5.mit.edu [18.7.68.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D81DD6F; Sat, 1 Jun 2013 20:00:13 +0000 (UTC) X-AuditID: 12074422-b7f5b6d00000095d-a7-51aa519a381a Received: from mailhub-auth-4.mit.edu ( [18.7.62.39]) by dmz-mailsec-scanner-5.mit.edu (Symantec Messaging Gateway) with SMTP id 2B.EF.02397.A915AA15; Sat, 1 Jun 2013 15:55:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from outgoing.mit.edu (outgoing-auth-1.mit.edu [18.9.28.11]) by mailhub-auth-4.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.9.2) with ESMTP id r51Jt5An023788; Sat, 1 Jun 2013 15:55:05 -0400 Received: from multics.mit.edu (system-low-sipb.mit.edu [18.187.2.37]) (authenticated bits=56) (User authenticated as kaduk@ATHENA.MIT.EDU) by outgoing.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.12.4) with ESMTP id r51Jt2e4007102 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sat, 1 Jun 2013 15:55:04 -0400 Received: (from kaduk@localhost) by multics.mit.edu (8.12.9.20060308) id r51Jt2lj018785; Sat, 1 Jun 2013 15:55:02 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2013 15:55:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Benjamin Kaduk To: Eitan Adler Subject: Re: svn commit: r41811 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics In-Reply-To: <201306011536.r51FaLfP079593@svn.freebsd.org> Message-ID: References: <201306011536.r51FaLfP079593@svn.freebsd.org> User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (GSO 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFvrAIsWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsUixG6nrjsrcFWgwd8fshY/Ph5istj1dw6z xY1F+5ksdvf3MjuweMz4NJ8lgDGKyyYlNSezLLVI3y6BK+Ps/RusBYu5K2b+e87UwPiJo4uR k0NCwETizOPXjBC2mMSFe+vZuhi5OIQE9jFKXF97mRnC2cAo8f3uMlYI5yCTxKSOqewgLUIC 9RLXf8xjArFZBLQkDkz8zwZiswmoSMx8sxHMFgGyv+//CVbDLBAlsWdpIyuILSzgJ3Hl7QOg ORwcnAJWEt2TSkDCvAIOEr9+vWIECQsJWEp0PVQBCYsK6Eis3j+FBaJEUOLkzCcsEBMtJc79 uc42gVFwFpLULCSpBYxMqxhlU3KrdHMTM3OKU5N1i5MT8/JSi3RN9XIzS/RSU0o3MYID1kVp B+PPg0qHGAU4GJV4eA1WrAgUYk0sK67MPcQoycGkJMp7y39VoBBfUn5KZUZicUZ8UWlOavEh RgkOZiURXgVXoBxvSmJlVWpRPkxKmoNFSZz3WspNfyGB9MSS1OzU1ILUIpisDAeHkgTv0gCg RsGi1PTUirTMnBKENBMHJ8hwHqDhiSA1vMUFibnFmekQ+VOMilLivBUgCQGQREZpHlwvLKG8 YhQHekWYdwlIFQ8wGcF1vwIazAQ0+In1cpDBJYkIKakGRu1HtrNszydu/PuFw+8ER8gh6bd7 JRUWufw2ui880SfhXF1hzG4dTovaG/vfr51Su7mYXbGZoWjF6yd2XTOEXL8Ervt0ya89Om+r e+7OS5oqM8uny7rsn3Py6E6RnqOL31dxP7HMfHpCY6Lz/JYJpdahz/mfcQgHfc+a2G3POWHB 5VL2Xz6PVyqxFGckGmoxFxUnAgDVV3juAwMAAA== Cc: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, doc-committers@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire doc trees \(except for " user" , " projects" , and " translations" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2013 20:00:14 -0000 On Sat, 1 Jun 2013, Eitan Adler wrote: > 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 > ============================================================================== > --- 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 > > > > - Each partition-that-contains-a-file-system is stored in what > - &os; calls a slice. 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. > + 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. This seems silently MBR-centric, though we are using GPT by default in our installer IIRC... This is the "basics" chapter, though, so I'm not sure how best to change things (and that would probably end up a larger project). -Ben