Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 22:39:23 +0100 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Cc: peter@hw.nl (Peter Korsten), ping@stepnet.com, dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FAQ Section 2.15... Message-ID: <Mutt.19970116223923.j@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199701152328.QAA04910@phaeton.artisoft.com>; from Terry Lambert on Jan 15, 1997 16:28:57 -0700 References: <Mutt.19970115232627.peter@orac.hw.nl> <199701152328.QAA04910@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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As Terry Lambert wrote:
> Note that the whole partition doesn't have to be under 1G, only:
``slice''
>
> o the disklabel
> o the a slice
``partition'', Terry!
Please avoid confusing other users with your non-FreeBSD terminology.
If SVR4 decided to leave the Unix tradition and named what used to be
called a partition a slice later, that's their problem. FreeBSD has a
commonly stated terminology, so use this one when talking about
FreeBSD.
--
cheers, J"org
joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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