1. What are the terms dev/hda1, dev/hda2, dev/hda3, dev/hda 5 indicate in a Linux Boot Loader ?
2. Why the term dev/hda4 is not there ?
2. Why the term dev/hda4 is not there ?
Linux Boot Loader
They are device names corresponding to various partitions on your hard diskmohanty1942 said:
/dev/hda : Master boot record for your hard disk
/dev/hda1 : First primary partition on your hard disk.
/dev/hda2 : Second primary partition/Extended partition on your hard disk.
and so on ......
A hard disk can have a maximum of 4 primary partitions .... from hda1 to hda4 .... so these device names are reserved for primary/extended partitions.... however it is preferable to have hda2 onwards as extended partitions...mohanty1942 said:
Since hda3, hda4 are reserved, so when you create logical partitions in an extended partition, their name is allocated from /dev/hda5 onwards....
Hope this much helps....
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GNUrag said:
Very nice explation.. just couldn't stop myself from giving appreciation
How many primary partitions can be created using Win98's Fdisk command ?
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mohanty1942 said:
There can only be four primary partition on a disk the rest have to be logical partitions.