Re: check partition

[Harveer S <lambysingh@xxxxxxxxx>]

At 04:00 PM 9/7/00, Kelvin Ng wrote:
> Hi ;
>     Does anyone know how to check the partition that I
> had partitioned ? FYI , I partitioned my hard disk
> (6GB) into two . One partition reserve for microsoft
> window (4GB) while another partition reserve for Linux
> (1.5GB) .

What do you want to check in partitions? If you just want to make sure that 
they exist, then simply run "fdisk" at linux prompt (Yes Linux has its own 
fdisk), and then enter "p". It will print out the partition table. Then you 
can see whether your Win partition is in there. ("m" for help in fdisk). If 
it is the Primary Dos, then it must be /dev/hda1

The other "techie" way to check them is (assuming that you are comfortable 
with it). Do an "ls /dev/hda*" at the bash prompt. It will show you all the 
partitions that exist on your HDD. (hda means your HDD is pri master, 
change to hdb for pri slave, hdc for sec master). The cross check the 
partitions with the output of "mount". If you can find /dev/hda n other 
than those mentioned in mount output, then you can be quite sure that they 
are the Windows ones.

>     When I tab aftet at lilo prompt, there was no
> label for windows.

By default, it is "dos" you should be looking for instead of "windows".

>      So , How do I check the partition . If the
> partition for windows is still be there , how do
> I configure the /etc/lilo.conf ?

Just put in these lines

other=/dev/hda1
label=<anything you like>

Add the default=<linux or windows-partition-label> to the top of the file 
if it is not there.

Just save the /etc/lilo.conf and run lilo -v -v

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Cheers !!!
Harveer Singh

(NXN - Not eXactly a Newbie)
ICQ#:86100081


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