Re: ``Slices'' vs. ``partitions''?

From: Niels Kristian Bech Jensen (none@nkbj--image.dk.lh.bsd-dk.dk)
Date: Fri 03 Oct 1997 - 11:04:28 CEST

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Date: Fri, 3 Oct 1997 11:04:28 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Niels Kristian Bech Jensen <none@nkbj--image.dk.lh.bsd-dk.dk>
To: bsd-dk@hotel.prosa.dk
Subject: Re: ``Slices'' vs. ``partitions''?

On Fri, 3 Oct 1997, Philippe Regnauld wrote:

> In FreeBSD terminology:
>
> - a SLICE is one of the 4 segments recognized by the BIOS, which
> DOS uses as "primary partitions"
>
[...]
>
> - a PARTITION is the subpart of the FreeBSD slice:
>
Thanks,
It was that distinction I couldn't find anywhere.

-- Med venlig hilsen / Best regards

Niels Kristian Bech Jensen nkbj@image.dk http://www.image.dk/~nkbj/

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