Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 09:55:41 +1000 From: David Nugent <davidn@datalinktech.com.au> To: Andrew Turner <andrew@fubar.geek.nz> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSDInstaller snapshot Message-ID: <446914FD.9010502@datalinktech.com.au> In-Reply-To: <4468FCB5.2050103@fubar.geek.nz> References: <20060515150504.44b3a065.rosti.bsd@gmail.com> <20060515143905.L38871@fledge.watson.org> <4468FCB5.2050103@fubar.geek.nz>
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Andrew Turner wrote: >> etc. In these dialogs, the device names should also be specifically >> mentioned. Note that "Primary partition" is a confusing term -- I'm >> not sure what it means, actually :-). > > The primary partition is the partition to install FreeBSD on. This is > because the BSDInstaller can only install to one bsd slice currently. It would be best to avoid the term "primary" then, it is too ambiguous, use "install partition" instead. A "primary partition" would usually mean any 1 of the 4 partitions defined in the DOS partition table vs. an "extended" partition which is not.
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