From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 22 14:58:47 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net (smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.60]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B906F37B512 for ; Mon, 22 May 2000 14:58:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from leegold@erols.com) Received: from 209-122-225-55.s55.tnt1.nyw.ny.dialup.rcn.com ([209.122.225.55] helo=leegold1) by smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net with smtp (Exim 2.12 #3) id 12u0Dd-0004EF-00; Mon, 22 May 2000 17:58:38 -0400 Message-ID: <001801bfc439$04272f00$37e17ad1@leegold1> From: "leegold" To: "Kent Stewart" Cc: References: <001601bfc3a1$f687a920$5edf7ad1@leegold1> <39298D57.955E8300@3-cities.com> Subject: Re: ques: partition, slice, disk label, mounting point Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 17:59:33 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > leegold wrote: > > I've read tons of stuff on the web. still trying to understand the basics of > > the FreeBSD installation. maybe if anyone could explain the following term, > > concepts it would make a dent: > > disk labeling (vs. slices, partitions, mounting points ). > > slices, (vs partitions, what's the difference). > > mounting points. > > how dirs (eg. \ ) are mounted to the partitions ( or is it slices ), why, > > how, when? > > The \ concept has to go. It is now the way it was originally > developed. Microsoft just didn't understand that the / key was easier > to get to than the \ key was. scuse me i meant / (the root dir) - how embarrassing. > > It will be hard to talk to someone outside of the FreeBSD community > about FreeBSD terminology. just elaborating on the generic unix definations for these terms would be fine but i got some good info out of you response - thanks! ...snip...... > > There is a lot to learn. That's one reason why i'm tackling fbsd - that glorious learning curve + i want to break my m$ addiction. thanks again. > > Have fun, > > Kent To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message