partitions and slices - basic
The operating systems Windows and Linux partitions are very simple. The concept is more complicated with BSD.
What is a partition? In short, this is the "cutting" a virtual hard drive (internal or external) into multiple smaller hard drives.
Scores on Windows and GNU / Linux
The only difference between Windows and GNU / Linux is naming scores.
- Windows uses letters (hence a limited number of partitions).
- GNU / Linux uses a combination of letters and numbers but the letters do are actually the type of equipment (HD for an internal hard drive, SD for a SCSI disk). Here, then, to partition limits!
Re: partitions and slices - basic
Saving a slice BSD
This system partitioning - partition divided into installment - BSD may seem cumbersome because operating systems BSD does not detect a single partition and no slices BSD.
It will be more difficult to create a system image (ghost image) and / or recover lost data by mistake!
Of course you can keep backups of your personal data by creating a tar.gz archive
To create a system image, rather think the dd command creates a physical copy block by block