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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/sade/help')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/sade/help/partition.hlp | 26 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/sade/help/partition.hlp b/usr.sbin/sade/help/partition.hlp index 8e07d3d..37520bf 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/sade/help/partition.hlp +++ b/usr.sbin/sade/help/partition.hlp @@ -72,16 +72,16 @@ looking at disk storage works: In FreeBSD's new system, a device name can be broken up into up to 3 -parts. Take a typical name like ``/dev/sd0s1a'': +parts. Take a typical name like ``/dev/da0s1a'': The first three characters represent the drive name. If we had - a system with two SCSI drives on it then we'd see /dev/sd0 and - /dev/sd1 as the device entries representing the entire drives. + a system with two SCSI drives on it then we'd see /dev/da0 and + /dev/da1 as the device entries representing the entire drives. Next you have the "slice" (or "FDISK Partition") number, - as seen in the Partition Editor. Assuming that our sd0 + as seen in the Partition Editor. Assuming that our da0 contained two slices, a FreeBSD slice and a DOS slice, that - would give us /dev/sd0s1 and /dev/sd0s2 as device entries pointing + would give us /dev/da0s1 and /dev/da0s2 as device entries pointing to the entire slices. Next, if a slice is a FreeBSD slice, you can have a number of @@ -89,13 +89,13 @@ parts. Take a typical name like ``/dev/sd0s1a'': These partitions are where various filesystems or swap areas live, and using our hypothetical two-SCSI-disk machine again, we might - have something like the following layout on sd0: + have something like the following layout on da0: Name Mountpoint ---- ---------- - sd0s1a / - sd0s1b <swap space> - sd0s1e /usr + da0s1a / + da0s1b <swap space> + da0s1e /usr Because of historical convention, there is also a short-cut, or "compatibility slice", that is maintained for easy access @@ -108,13 +108,13 @@ parts. Take a typical name like ``/dev/sd0s1a'': Name Mountpoint ---- ---------- - sd0a / - sd0b <swap space> - sd0e /usr + da0a / + da0b <swap space> + da0e /usr Again, let it be noted: FreeBSD automatically maps the compatibility slice to the first FreeBSD slice it finds - (in this case, sd0s1). You may have multiple FreeBSD slices on a + (in this case, da0s1). You may have multiple FreeBSD slices on a drive, but only the first one will be mapped to the compatibility slice! |
