On Wed, August 8, 2007 8:07 pm, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > On 8/8/07, Reg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Steve Holdoway wrote: >> > On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:15:19 +1200 >> > >> >> this is what that gives me: >> >> >> >> athlon:~ # fdisk -l /dev/hda >> >> >> >> Disk /dev/hda: 40.9 GB, 40982151168 bytes >> >> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4982 cylinders >> >> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes >> >> >> >> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System >> >> /dev/hda1 * 1 1020 8193118+ 7 HPFS/NTFS >> >> /dev/hda2 1021 4982 31824765 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) >> >> /dev/hda5 1021 1111 730926 82 Linux swap / Solaris >> >> /dev/hda6 1112 2670 12522636 83 Linux >> >> /dev/hda7 2671 4982 18571108+ 83 Linux >> >> athlon:~ # >> >> >> My other question is : " why dont I have a /dev/hda3 or /dev/hda4 ?
its an anachronism from the days when 640k was all the ram u would ever need. hard drives can have 4 real partitions, thats it. if you want more a hack was developed where a partition could be defined as "extended" and divided into more partitions. In your case partition 2 is an extended one and divided in to three (5,6 & 7). The hack partitions start at 5 to leave room for 1-4 "real" partitions. You will notice that partition 2 goes from block 1021 to 4982. 5,6,7 are wholly contained within that range of blocks. Sorry I cannot recall the correct terminology. i am sure wikipedia will help. -- Nick Rout
