Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 20:35:04 -0700 From: Danny Howard <dannyman@toldme.com> To: Jasper O'Malley <jooji@nickelkid.com> Cc: Jason <jason@jason-n3xt.org>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Disklabel Mistake Message-ID: <20011001203504.C38992@toldme.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0109281319260.16469-100000@cornflake.nickelkid.com>; from jooji@nickelkid.com on Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 01:24:52PM -0400 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0109281705430.47713-100000@jason-n3xt.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0109281319260.16469-100000@cornflake.nickelkid.com>
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On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 01:24:52PM -0400, Jasper O'Malley wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, Jason wrote:
>
> > I made a error in labling a slice during installation of FreeBSD. I know
> > it's a stupid thing, but I did it.
> >
> > I labled a slice (ad1s1g) /htpp when it should be /http.
>
> Actually, ad1s1g is a FreeBSD "partition," not a "slice." The "slice" is
> ad1s1 (which is a disk "partition" in the Linux/DOS world; confused
> yet? ;).
If you think you know what's going on, review fdisk(8):
Throughout this man page, the term `partition' is used where it
should actually be `slice', in order to conform with the terms used
elsewhere.
It makes one relieved at not having any pending FreeBSD installs. :)
-danny
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