Editing Disk partitioning (section)

== References ==
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<ref name="ref1">As used by DEC [[RT-11]] circa 1984, see: {{cite web |url=http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp11/rt11/v5.1_Jul84/AA-5286F-TC-T1_RT-11_System_Release_Notes_Jul84.pdf |title=RT-11 System Release Notes |id=AA-5826F-TC |publisher=[[Digital Equipment Corporation]] |date=December 1983}}</ref>
<ref name="ref2">As used in IBM [[History of CP/CMS#1967–68: CP-67|CP-67]] beginning 1966 see: {{cite web |url=https://techchannel.com/Enterprise/02/2017/virtualization-past-current |title=Virtualization's Past Helps Explain Its Current Importance |last=Rogers |first=Bob |date=February 6, 2017 |publisher=TechChannel |access-date=February 9, 2022 |quote=A minidisk is only part of a physical disk but appears to be a separate disk to the guest. |archive-date=December 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204110249/https://techchannel.com/Enterprise/02/2017/virtualization-past-current |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name="IBMJRD">{{cite journal | journal = [[IBM Journal of Research and Development]] | issn = 0018-8646 | volume = 25 | number = 5 | pages = 483–490 | date = September 1981 | title = The Origin of the VM/370 Time-Sharing System | author = R. J. Creasy | doi = 10.1147/rd.255.0483 | url = https://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~stjones/proj/vm_reading/ibmrd2505M.pdf | access-date = February 10, 2022 | archive-date = March 7, 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220307214234/https://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~stjones/proj/vm_reading/ibmrd2505M.pdf | url-status = live }}</ref>
<ref name="ref3" >The [[Version 6 Unix]] man page for the RP-11/RP03 device and driver {{man|4|rp|v6}} - speaks of the disk being divided into ''portions'', ''pseudo-disks'' and ''sections''.</ref>
<ref name="ref4" >The 1993 [[Oracle Solaris|Solaris]] 2.2 installation guide - {{cite web |url=http://bitsavers.org/pdf/sun/solaris/2.2/801-4048-10A_Solaris_2.2_Basic_Installation_Guide_199305.pdf |title=Solaris 2.2 Basic Installation Guide |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404192915/http://bitsavers.org/pdf/sun/solaris/2.2/801-4048-10A_Solaris_2.2_Basic_Installation_Guide_199305.pdf |archive-date=2022-04-04 |url-status=live}} - says in a glossary entry that '''slice''' is "A discrete portion of a disk, configured during installation." Under SunOS 4.l.x and System V Release 3, slices were referred to as partitions.</ref>
<ref name="ref5" >The 1980 Corvus Guide - {{cite web |url=http://bitsavers.org/pdf/corvus/constellation_II/7100-06111-02_Constellation_II_Generation_Guide_Apple_II_Apr1984.pdf |title=Constellation II Generation Guide, Apple II |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212213724/http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/corvus/constellation_II/7100-06111-02_Constellation_II_Generation_Guide_Apple_II_Apr1984.pdf |archive-date=2022-02-12 |url-status=live}} - for Apple II installations allows division of a hard disk drive into ''virtual drives''.</ref>
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