From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 22 22:18:40 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67591106564A for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2011 22:18:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA4A48FC0A for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2011 22:18:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm11 with SMTP id 11so8268280fxm.13 for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:18:38 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=WLALtnr0r1kcHIkBaAVvkg0mcdgiJ/zY3EHrWKFrlbk=; b=ik53fJl6DTCqJVLW1bYoVAh2tjvSOMZjj2l58dgFhdps63cXBax3dXF33LxNYbO2bE Vd2k2Zf5Ra4xxMAjUkpciWaE0YltEFwfSb2Z+kIttULnMsOAe3+1dzcS+G52BQBduXeT EtzkuC82wJ83+ppb8w8S1ULLOpvw5GYtaBE0c= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=ZDeOInbIX7MdUJKFWvgMuqv9Rk+GTT3Z2yjYPvVPY6wFQGowBSGo4IFHWE4V0vT1LX logi8hSsWHRU/Qa7jCtXACWzjzjypioc7H4M+JIjG8HoXikFbBdvSVCCY9dwg29OgWMm pW5VJ2Rtjf5XxscCmFBcnsqq15Z5r2HZKRASQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.75.146 with SMTP id y18mr3391824faj.61.1300832318751; Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:18:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.59.7 with HTTP; Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:18:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20110322162435.51028324.jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com> Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:18:38 -0500 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: Zhihao Yuan Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Jason Hsu , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD partitioning X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 22:18:40 -0000 On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Zhihao Yuan wrote: > n FreeBSD, the term > `slice' refers to a record in MBR or GPT table, aka., a partition in > x86 world. In a slice, we can use either bsdlabel to create UFS > partitions, or install a ZFS pool. > A GPT partition is not a slice in FreeBSD terms, it is a partition. man gpart(8) -- Adam Vande More