Clarify some language relating to how disks are laid out in &os;

Submitted by:	crees

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml
index 00dabcb0a6..7919441cc7 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml
@@ -1380,11 +1380,10 @@ root     5211  0.0  0.2  3620  1724   2  I+    2:09AM   0:00.01 passwd</screen>
       </tgroup>
     </informaltable>
 
-    <para>Each partition-that-contains-a-file-system is stored in what
-      &os; calls a <firstterm>slice</firstterm>.  Slice is
-      &os;'s term for what the common call partitions, and again,
-      this is because of &os;'s &unix; background.  Slices are
-      numbered, starting at 1, through to 4.</para>
+    <para>Disks in &os; are divided into slices, referred to in
+      &windows; as partitions, which are numbered from 1 to 4.  These
+      are then then divided into partitions, which contain file
+      systems, and are labeled using lettesrs.</para>
 
     <indexterm><primary>slices</primary></indexterm>
     <indexterm><primary>partitions</primary></indexterm>