BSDInstaller snapshot
David Nugent
davidn at datalinktech.com.au
Mon May 15 16:56:08 PDT 2006
Andrew Turner wrote:
>> etc. In these dialogs, the device names should also be specifically
>> mentioned. Note that "Primary partition" is a confusing term -- I'm
>> not sure what it means, actually :-).
>
> The primary partition is the partition to install FreeBSD on. This is
> because the BSDInstaller can only install to one bsd slice currently.
It would be best to avoid the term "primary" then, it is too ambiguous,
use "install partition" instead.
A "primary partition" would usually mean any 1 of the 4 partitions
defined in the DOS partition table vs. an "extended" partition which is not.
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