Re: Names of Windows partitions



On Jun 17, 2008, at 1:54 PM, Rick wrote:
I want to mount the Windows partitions for startup. For this I need
the
Linux names of the partitions. I know they appeared during
installation,
but I've spent a lot of time looking now, and I can't find the names.
They should be something like hda1, but what application reveals them?

'parted' or 'fdisk' would tell you quickly.

For example:
fdisk /dev/hda
(then type 'p' at the prompt, note the output, and then 'q' to quit)

Jeremy Huntwork
LightCube Solutions, LLC
www.lightcubesolutions.com

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