The name of a thing is not inherent in the thing itself, but is chosen
by the entity that names it. Why is this a problem? You want linux
should figure out what partition windows lives on and name that c:?
What if some mean person puts it on a machine with no windows and no
dos?
IIRC, linux fdisk numbers partitions the same way dos fdisk does. In
any case, the first partition on the master device on the primary chanel
is hda1 and we count up from there. If you made them different sizes,
that should give you a clue. If you want reassurance, you can mount
each one -t vfat or -t msdos, and see what is on it. It might be
easiest to use the rescue option to do this, then when you are content
you know where everything is, you can go back to the install.
Making a filesystem on a device or partition _will_ destroy whatever was
on it. So you only want to do it to something useless, like c:-)
Lawson
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On Sun, 2 May 1999, gene hitz wrote:
> I finally purchased the Red Hat 5.2 and started to install it. However,
when
> attempting to set up
> the partitions, it gives the warning that formatting the partition will
destroy
> everything
> presently on it. I have 2 hard drives with plenty of room on them,
presently
> partitioned off into
> many different partitions and a number of them empty. My partitions
naturally
> now are named C:,
> D:, E:, F:, G:, etc however Linux sets up partitions HDA1, HDA2, HDB1
etc. How
> do I know where
> it's setting them up and how can I get them set up in the present empty
> partitions? How can I be
> sure it won't setup Linux partitions over my present partitions that
now
> contain other programs?
> The documentation does not clear this up.
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