On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:26:20 +0200 Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uhlar@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 30-Aug-07 My Secret NSA Wiretap Overheard Lutieri G. Saying : > > > /dev/da0s1a on / (ufs, local) > > > devfs on /dev (devfs, local) > > > /dev/da0s1e on /tmp (ufs, local, soft-updates) > > > /dev/da0s1f on /usr (ufs, local, soft-updates) > > > /dev/da0s1d on /var (ufs, local, soft-updates) > > > /dev/da0s2a on /cache (ufs, local, soft-updates) > > > devfs on /var/chroot/named/dev (devfs, local) > > On 30.08.07 12:20, Nicole wrote: > > I am curious why you opted for a seperate slice for the /cache? > > I found that to be slower than just having a seperate partition, as > > odd as that seems. > > pardon, he has separate _partition_ - 1 and 2 are partitions, a to f > are slices. No, it's the other way round. FreeBSD uses the term partition for its own native partitions. The slice is the non-native partition into which they fit.