Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 22:49:58 +0800 (TSD) From: "Victor A. Sudakov" <vas@vas.tomsk.su> To: un_x@anchorage.net (Steve Howe) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation Problems Message-ID: <199705121449.WAA12201@vas.tomsk.su> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970510204239.17551B-100000@aak.anchorage.net> from "Steve Howe" at "May 10, 97 08:57:31 pm"
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Steve Howe wrote: > so i would -guess- a slice is just an extra block somewhere in a FBSD > partition that contains data for more "psuedo-partitions" that only FBSD > can deal with. but i still don't understand why it was so important to > have these extra "psuedo-partitions" at the cost of making things more > non-standard. i mean - if you really wanted 8 partitions, why not just > get a second hard drive? > > / > /dos > /usr > /var > > isn't that enough for a 1 drive system? You did not forget about a swap partition? -- Victor Sudakov http://www.tomsk.su/r/persons/vas.htm
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