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Old 20th June 2012
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Originally Posted by dgiorgio View Post
reinstalled

a: root
b: swap

Thank you all
When it comes to OpenBSD disklabel(8) partitions:
  • "a" is always the boot partition if a boot partition is needed.
  • "b" is always the swap partition if swap is configured.
  • "c" is always a pseudo-partition which represents the entire disk. This partition letter cannot be used for any other purpose.
Any of the other "d"-"p" partitions can be used for any purpose, & all do not have to sequentially exist.

Again, my apologies that so many iterations in this thread were required to make this distinction.
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