Date: Mon, 21 Aug 95 22:15:44 MDT From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: current@freefall.FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Of slices and boot code.. Message-ID: <9508220415.AA28518@cs.weber.edu> In-Reply-To: <22246.809061857@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Aug 21, 95 08:24:17 pm
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> Would it be reasonable to assume that our current boot code will never > have a chance of dealing with the root partition via a "slice?" No. That's just an implementation detail. It's a trivial change, even in the current code. I hate the idea of "partitions" vs. "slices". The terminology has become extremely muddied, which is probably the root of your callers' confusion. Device names are rarely visible enough to cause questions. Terry Lambert terry@cs.weber.edu --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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