On 10/05/15 06:47, Benny Lofgren wrote: ...
Personally, I think it would be a good thing to bring back slices to the vocabulary. That would emphasize the distinction between physical disk partitions as they appear in the PC-centric hardware world and logical partitions/slices that are a subdivision *within* a disk partition.
no. You are going from an ambiguity that can be solved by adding ONE well-understood word ("fdisk partitions" "disklabel partitions") to adding a new word that you have a definition of that may or may not be shared by the world.
iirc (and don't bother to check or correct -- it does not matter) one BSD refers to fdisk partitions as slices, and disklabel partitions as partitions. Congrats, you just did it backwards from another group and *added* to the confusion. Or didn't, depending on my memory.
The best answer to confusion is writing clearly, even if that involves a few more words (oh the horror).
Nick.
