Bob Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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". -- .....Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
