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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: nate@rocky.sri.MT.net, roberto@keltia.freenix.fr
Subject: Re: Diskslice naming convention?
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>> BTW - Are slices named 1-4 or 0-3?

>1-4, 0 is the compatibility slice.

There is no slice named 0.  Slice _number_ 0 is the compatibility slice.
Slice _number_ 1 is the whole disk.  The slices that are _numbered_ 2-31
are _named_ 1-30.

Bruce