Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 15:11:11 +0100 From: Fergus Cameron <cameron@argus-systems.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: i dont unsterstand the disk label maker Message-ID: <20010914151110.A2094@dedog.argus-systems.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <1000475917.3ba20d0dee7b2@webmail.neomedia.it>; from bartequi@neomedia.it on Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 03:58:37PM %2B0200 References: <1000475917.3ba20d0dee7b2@webmail.neomedia.it>
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> Fdisk makes (Unix) slices (the same as DOS *primary* partitions); disklabel > actually makes (Unix) partitions (subdivisions within a slice). i think you have the terminology back to front & technically there is no DOS partition involved. there IBM partitions on your disk. BSD will take one of those partions for it's own & allow you to create slices within it. you can therefore have on BSD partition with many slices. the other three paritions can be of another type, DOS, EXT_DOS, etc. i would think of unix slices like logical drives in DOS. you take one primary partion & allow many logical elements inside it. that aside yes, fdisk alters the fixed disk's parition table & disklabel changes the parition's unix labellling (i.e. slices). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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