Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 13:22:05 -0700 From: Neil Bliss <nbliss@mvista.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>, fs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: disklabel(8) correction? Message-ID: <20020517132205.C1533@dhcp117.mvista.com> In-Reply-To: <3CE55CC5.D123AD76@mindspring.com>; from tlambert2@mindspring.com on Fri, May 17, 2002 at 12:40:53PM -0700 References: <20020517073838.A98400@blackhelicopters.org> <3CE55CC5.D123AD76@mindspring.com>
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Once upon a time, Terry Lambert, then known as tlambert2, said... > Michael Lucas wrote: > > # man disklabel > > ... > > Disklabel installs, examines or modifies the label on a disk drive or > > pack. > > ^^^^^ > > > > I understand that pack is very old terminology. Should it even be in > > the man page these days? (Discussion on IRC said no, but email is the > > "official forum" for discussing such things.) > > > > I'll get it fixed if not. > > How do you refer to "removable fixed disk media"? > > I guess we can call it "cartridge", which is what Syquest calls > them. What does IBM call them? I'm pretty sure IOmega calls > them "Zip disks" and "JAZ drive removable media". > > IMO, "pack" is as good a single word generic term as any. I've generally seen "volume" used as a generic storage term. To my mind, a "pack" refers to a few disks in some sort of an enclosure. -- Neil Bliss - Monta Vista Technical Support Yow!-Zippy-says: Our father who art in heaven.. I sincerely pray that SOMEBODY at this table will PAY for my SHREDDED WHAT and ENGLISH MUFFIN.. and also leave a GENEROUS TIP... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-fs" in the body of the message
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