hdd partition confusion.

abhinandh said:

i have win xp and fc6 installed.if i create some empty space and a partition before c drive(where windows is installed) in partition magic,will that be /dev/hdc1 in linux??

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That depends. Is the drive connected to your secondary IDE channel as master?

For IDE drives (/dev/hd*), the lettering goes like this:

primary IDE master: /dev/hda
primary IDE slave: /dev/hdb
secondary IDE master: /dev/hdc
secondary IDE slave: /dev/hdd

The lettering in Windows (C drive, D drive, etc...) should be ignored, as that's referring to the partition, whereas the hdX in Linux refers to Hard Drive X. So /dev/hdc != C drive.

The numbering in Linux is what is important. If you create a partition before your WinXP install, and it's the FIRST partition on the disk, then it'll be /dev/hdX1, where "X" is the drive's letter according to the above list.

ya.....
but y do u wanna disturb the C partition and mess up with it?

abhi_10_20 said:

ya.....
but y do u wanna disturb the C partition and mess up with it?

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thanks man. r u sure.i reall want a /dev/hd*1 partition.

Are you looking for /dev/hd*1 in windows?? Once you install a GNU/Linux Distro (Fedora Core 6 in your case), You will automatically get hda or hdb or others as per your H/D configuration.. Go through rocket357's post once more.. and do visit following links :
*puppylinux.org/wikka/PartitionsVsDrives
*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hda1