From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 18 12:29:43 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B95616A401 for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:29:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.35]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAEAE13C4A6 for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:29:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l6ICTfDk004814; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:29:41 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 01979B825; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:29:40 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:29:40 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Gabriel Linder Message-ID: <20070718122940.GA42311@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: Gabriel Linder , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <469DEEF2.9060205@jeuxvideo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="LQksG6bCIzRHxTLp" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <469DEEF2.9060205@jeuxvideo.com> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disklabel, partition d is usable or not ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:29:43 -0000 --LQksG6bCIzRHxTLp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jul 18, 2007 at 12:44:02PM +0200, Gabriel Linder wrote: > Hi, >=20 > This may sound as a dumb question, but during my 6.2-RELEASE (i386) setup= I=20 > notice the following in the handbook : > > Remember [...] that partitions b, c, and d have conventional meanings= =20 > that you should adhere to. >=20 > But the partition d is used by sysinstall (with both automatic defaults a= nd=20 > manual setup), maybe this entry should be fixed if d has no more special= =20 > meaning ? I think you're right. The 'b' partition is usually used for swap space, while the 'c' partition represents the whole disk. The 'd' partition can be used normally, AFAIK. Additionally, only the 'a' partition can be booted from, IIRC. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --LQksG6bCIzRHxTLp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGnge0EnfvsMMhpyURApM7AJ47IwTT4jCdim2i3884aNaxWV+wVACfcR14 IUP9Gf+BpIkgBZu6CSy1I9M= =Gs0O -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --LQksG6bCIzRHxTLp--