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Re: how to determine hd partitioning?



On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 06:30:24PM -0500, Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote:
> I had my *newest* computer's motherboard crap out on me Friday night,
> and I'm trying to grab the data from its hard drive. I've thrown it into
> my older machine, and it's being recognized fine as /dev/hdd -- but I
> can't remember its partitioning scheme, and thus don't know what
> partition(s) to mount and what fs they each use (it had dual-booted
> windows and debian before, hence the need for both partition and
> fs-type).

This is why I write down the partitioning scheme on a scrap of paper
and tape it to the *inside* of the case access panel (or just write it
in pencil on the inside of the panel itself).

> How can I determine the drive's partition scheme?

Trial and error at this point.  cfdisk will tell you the partition
type and size, which might give you some clues.  Good luck!

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