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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/sade/help/partition.hlp | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/sysinstall/help/partition.hlp | 15 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/sade/help/partition.hlp b/usr.sbin/sade/help/partition.hlp index 5240d72..8e07d3d 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/sade/help/partition.hlp +++ b/usr.sbin/sade/help/partition.hlp @@ -118,18 +118,9 @@ parts. Take a typical name like ``/dev/sd0s1a'': drive, but only the first one will be mapped to the compatibility slice! - The compatibility slice will eventually be phased out, but - it is still important right now for several reasons: - - 1. Some programs, as mentioned before, still don't work - with the slice paradigm and need time to catch up. - - 2. The FreeBSD boot blocks are unable to look for - a root file system in anything but a compatibility - slice right now. This means that our root will always - show up on "sd0a" in the above scenario, even though - it really lives over on sd0s1a and would otherwise be - referred to by its full slice name. + The compatibility slice has essentially been phased out, but + it's important to be aware of when looking at or upgrading + older systems. Once you understand all this, then the purpose of the label editor becomes fairly clear: You're carving up the FreeBSD slices displayed diff --git a/usr.sbin/sysinstall/help/partition.hlp b/usr.sbin/sysinstall/help/partition.hlp index 5240d72..8e07d3d 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/sysinstall/help/partition.hlp +++ b/usr.sbin/sysinstall/help/partition.hlp @@ -118,18 +118,9 @@ parts. Take a typical name like ``/dev/sd0s1a'': drive, but only the first one will be mapped to the compatibility slice! - The compatibility slice will eventually be phased out, but - it is still important right now for several reasons: - - 1. Some programs, as mentioned before, still don't work - with the slice paradigm and need time to catch up. - - 2. The FreeBSD boot blocks are unable to look for - a root file system in anything but a compatibility - slice right now. This means that our root will always - show up on "sd0a" in the above scenario, even though - it really lives over on sd0s1a and would otherwise be - referred to by its full slice name. + The compatibility slice has essentially been phased out, but + it's important to be aware of when looking at or upgrading + older systems. Once you understand all this, then the purpose of the label editor becomes fairly clear: You're carving up the FreeBSD slices displayed |
