Re: multiple OS partitions
Bob Nielsen <nielsen@primenet.com> writes:
> On Wed, May 19, 1999 at 12:27:53AM -0400, Rod wrote:
> > i have installed redhat 5.1 on another machine and understand that Linux
> > names drives differently than Windows/Dos, my question here is how will
> > Debian GNU/Linux "see" my single HD with multiple partitions, how will I
> > insure myself that I install on the right partition?
> >
> > Will hda be my first partition or will it be the first partition on my
> > Linux "disk"?
>
> Your drive will be /dev/hda. On this there will be several partitions,
> hda1, hda2, etc. When you run Linux fdisk, it will show all the
> partitions and any empty space (in which you can create new partitions).
> If the entire disk is already partitioned, you will need to remove some
> partitions to leave raw disk space for Linux to partition and install
> unto.
This is all described in detail in the Installation Manual, Sec 4.3,
"Device Names in Linux".
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.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
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