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.Received on Mon May 15 2006 - 21:56:08 UTC
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