Re: /dev/hdc? and changing drive letters

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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 20:14:05 -0400

Apparently, _Bit Twister_, on 29/10/04 19:24,typed:
> On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 18:50:59 -0400, H. S. wrote:
>
>>On a given dual boot machine, Windowx XP and Debain (or any Linux for
>>that matter) and booting using Grub, what effect would changing a drive
>>letter in Windows have on the partition table, if any? I am just trying
>>to verify it won't mess with my Debian installation. All I want to do is
>>interchange D: and E: driver letters for two partitions (for sharing
>>data between Windows and Linux in an inituitive way -- mainly for non
>>techie users).
>
>
> Linux could care less what letter you map in doze. I see no reason why
> you cannot name the doze mount point whatever you like in linux.
>
> The only time it is going to matter is when you add/delete partitions
> logical or physical depending on how you started with the disk.
>
> Pick a single drive system.
> doze linux number
> c 1
> d 2
> e 3
> Extended has 4
> f 5
> g 6
> h 7
>
> Whether you map h to z it still will be /dev/hda7

Yes, that is what i am trying to do, associate hdc1 with C: and hdc2
with d: and so on. When I partitioned the disk, I planned the partitions
and wrote the list on paper and went ahead. Then I installed WinXP (let
it mess up the MBR) and then Debian (and fixed MBR and started using
Grub). However, after I did this, I noticed WinXP had made my hdc5 as D:
and hdc3 as E:. That is what I want to fix now. I have no qualms about
changing disks in Linux, I know what to change if I change the IDE bus
-- in Linux, I am perfectly comfortable and quite familiar with the
drive letters. But I had no idea what would happen if I changed the
drive letters in WinXP. Just wanted to confirm that WinXP, when I change
the letters, does not mess the MBR.

->HS

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