From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 10 7:47:54 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ingate.uk.neceur.com (ingate.uk.neceur.com [193.116.254.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D222814CA1 for ; Thu, 10 Jun 1999 07:47:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Jeff.Bond@nectech.co.uk) Received: from internal-mail.uk.neceur.com by ingate.uk.neceur.com id PAA05769; Thu, 10 Jun 1999 15:43:18 +0100 (BST) Received: from exchange.nectech.co.uk by internal-mail.uk.neceur.com id PAA24628; Thu, 10 Jun 1999 15:45:00 +0100 (BST) from exchange.nectech.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) id PAA24628 (2.4-8.8.8/3.1.31); Thu, 10 Jun 1999 15:45:00 +0100 (BST) Received: by exchange.nectech.co.uk with Internet Mail Service (5.0.1460.8) id ; Thu, 10 Jun 1999 15:44:59 +0100 Message-ID: From: "Bond, Jeffery" To: "'Ladavac Marino'" Cc: "'FreeBSD questions'" Subject: RE: Partitioning the disk for FreeBSD Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 15:44:57 +0100 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.0.1460.8) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi Marino Yes, same as DOS, Windows, Linux, but I agree that that the disklabel 'partitions' are partitions in the UNIX world. It is still confusing though, and I don't know a way around it really. It's just a shame that what DOS, windows and Linux users call a 'partition', we call a 'slice'. Regards, Jeff > -----Original Message----- > From: Ladavac Marino [SMTP:mladavac@metropolitan.at] > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 1999 3:36 PM > To: 'Bond, Jeffery'; Ladavac Marino; 'alan17@his.com'; > dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: RE: Partitioning the disk for FreeBSD > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Bond, Jeffery [SMTP:Jeff.Bond@nectech.co.uk] > > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 1999 4:28 PM > > To: 'Ladavac Marino'; 'alan17@his.com'; dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu > > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > Subject: RE: Partitioning the disk for FreeBSD > > > > I think the naming is confusing. Surely, we should call the main > > partition a > > 'partition' and not a slice (same as everyone else), and then have > > some > > other name for the subdivisions that the disklabel editor creates. > > > [ML] Same as who else? DOS world? Disklabel partitions are > partitions in UNIX world :) > > /Marino To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message