Bug 30062

Summary: [PATCH] The description of disk, slices and partitions lacks detail
Product: Documentation Reporter: mwm
Component: Books & ArticlesAssignee: freebsd-doc (Nobody) <doc>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: Latest   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   
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Description mwm 2001-08-25 01:10:00 UTC 
The description of disk, slices and partitions doesn't provide any
detail. In particular, there are no examples, nor does it say where in
the device name the partition letter windsd up. I don't believe the
slice numbering for extension slices are detailed anywhere.

Fix: The following patch adds the missing information. It also notes that
drive numbers start at 0, and that USB mass storage devices are "da"
devices.
How-To-Repeat: 
Well, I noticed that there is lots of confusion about slice/partition
names on -questions, and on checking the handbook noticed that this
wasn't really addressed anywhere.
Comment 1 dd freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2001-08-28 13:36:44 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

Applied, thanks!