On Feb 6, 2013 7:42 AM, "George DiceGeorge" <[email protected]> wrote: > > is there a datestamp on partitions in gparted, > or any other way of deciding which swap goes with which other partition, > the only identifier i have so far is size. > > Nautilus doesnt seem to see the swap partitions so i cant see what goes with what. >
I just look at the data on the partitions... > [george] > > > From: David King > Sent: Wednesday, 06 February, 2013 11:44 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: which partition is which? > > > On 05/02/13 23:20, George DiceGeorge wrote: >> >> After installing UbuntuStudio >> I was looking at partitions with Nautilus and gparted >> and deleting old partitions of swap disks etc >> but I deleted something wrong >> and it wouldnt boot >> so i reinstalled UbuntuStudio. >> >> Is there any way of seeing the dates of partitions, >> or figuring some other way what's what? >> [george] >> > > > Before installing systems onto a PC, I draw out a map of the hard disks, and decide what partitions to set up and what will go where. > > For example, I might decide to put Ubuntu Studio in sda1, Mint in sda5, home in sda6, swap in another partition, etc. It also helps to make each partition a different size. > > Once something is installed, I use gparted to label each partition so I know what's what. > > If you install something without remembering what is what, then mount everything, examine the contents, and then label each partition in gparted. > > > > David K > > ________________________________ > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users > > > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users >
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