Hongyu Sun wrote:
> Later on in your post you mention /dev/sda4 as a partition.
That was a typo. Should be /dev/hda4
I wasn't sure who typed the /dev/sda4 in the posting that I read through.
> 10 gig is a bit small for a modern Linux installation. Ext3 is a
> common choice for Fedora.
I am thinking I will buy a new piece of hard drive. Will that work?
You could run several hard drives, depending on your computer type.
Seems Fedora only recognize 4 partitions.
There was some standard setup long ago. 4 primary partitions. There is
an explanation later on the scheme used in this thread.
You can have 3 primary partitions and a partition considered an extended
partition which can contain other partitons within the extended
partition. As an example, here is the scheme I use on my laptop.
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 2111 16956576 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2 2112 2124 104422+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda3 2125 3399 10241437+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda4 3400 4864 11767612+ 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 3400 4674 10241406 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 4675 4805 1052226 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda7 4806 4864 473886 b W95 FAT32
The extended partition is like a container, it is has a starting and
ending start and end. Within the container are actual partitions 5
through 7. Each partition can be any of a variety of types. I hope this
gives you some insight into the partitoning scheme.
My current hard drive
already have 4. Will Fedora recognize the new hard drive?
Other than setting up the jumpers correctly for master and slave or
correct cabling for chip select, yes, Fedora should recognize the new
drive. Keep in mind the explanation in anothe post and my comments above
for selecting partitioning schemes.
> I hope that I'm not misleading you here. Viewing this original
> posting, I don't see mention of /dev/sda4 on your part. I read the
> thread before posting and assumed the input was from you.
What is the difference between /dev/sda4 and /dev/hda4? Sorry I had a
typo. Should be hda
I believe SATA drives and USB hard drives are usually recognized as sda.
(SCSI drives)
CF cards plugged into the CPU board slots and IDE/ATA drives are usually
recognized as hdx
I have a confusion about Fedora and Redhat 9.x. I need Redhat 9.x to
install a software http://software.sci.utah.edu/.
Fedora 1 (2.4 kernel) is what was to be RHL 10. Plans changed and Fedora
merged with RHL to become Fedora Core. The program might need a 2.4
kernel and later Fedora after FC1 use the 2.6 kernel.
I couldn't tell you if later versions of Fedora and your program would
be compatible. You can run tests later to see if the program will still
work.
That's why I install Linux. I need to double make sure Fedora is
compatible with Redhat 9.x?
Give it a try on another system.
Many thanks,
Good luck!
Jim
HS
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