From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ns.pcdesk.net ([65.100.173.137] helo=gwen.pcdesk.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19cRh1-00030n-00 for ; Tue, 15 Jul 2003 11:26:15 -0400 Received: (qmail 14256 invoked from network); 15 Jul 2003 15:26:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO pcdesk.net) (192.168.0.2) by gwen.pcdesk.net with SMTP; 15 Jul 2003 15:26:10 -0000 X-MessageWall-Score: 0 (pcdesk.net) Received: from [65.100.173.138] (authenticated as jbahm) by pcdesk.net (MessageWall 1.0.8) with SMTP (encrypted with RC4-MD5); 15 Jul 2003 15:26:10 -0000 Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 09:25:33 -0600 (Mountain Daylight Time) From: "Joseph C. Lininger" To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Recognizing a hard drive In-Reply-To: <20030715093900.GB635@optusnet.com.au> Message-ID: References: <004c01c34a3a$0aed7a80$68a83918@saco2.on.cogeco.ca> <20030715093900.GB635@optusnet.com.au> X-X-Sender: jbahm@pcdesk.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: You have it mostly right. The only correction I'd make is that the extended partition is not listed as a /dev/hda. Rather, /dev/hda5 is just your first logical drive. There wouldn't really be any reason to list the extended partition as a number anyway since you can't do anything with it except use it to get around the 4 partition limit. -- Joseph C. Lininger jbahm@pcdesk.net On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, Shaun Oliver wrote: > *SNIP* > Use mkfs2ext, I think it is, again as root, to build the > file systems. I may have that second command wrong. > > you're right about it being wrong, > the command is mke2fs /dev/xxx where xxx is the partition number you > want to format. > if I remember some of my basics correctly, and anyone feel free to jump > down my throat and tell me to go learn it again if I have it wrong, > your ide devices are listed as follows. > /dev/hda the primary master, > /dev/hda1 through 4 are the first 4 primary partitions on the disk > /dev/hda5 is an extended partition and anything above that is a logical > partition. > /dev/hdb if memory serves is the second ide device on the first ide > channel. > and /dev/hdc is the secondary master on the second ide channel and > /dev/hdd is the secondary slave on that second ide channel. > I hope I got it right please god let it be so. > >