On 8/4/05, Jim Cornette <fc-cornette@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. Hi, All: That was my typo. Thanks all I have installed Linux on a re-partitioned computer which had only C drive before re-partition. I still cannot find where the Linux is in the computer which preallocated 10GB and which had C and D drive. I mentioned the /dev/hda3 and I checked what is this seeming "no-use" partition. It is actually a 39MB FAT EISA Configuration. It seems it is useful. So I cannot delete or combine it. I tried "linux rescue" and follow the instruction to mount /mnt/sysimage to root. But nothing improved. After root, still windows XP showed up. I did not have any chance to type "grub". Look forward to your advice, Many Thanks. HS > > > 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 > > > > -- > "A raccoon tangled with a 23,000 volt line today. The results blacked > out 1400 homes and, of course, one raccoon." > -- Steel City News > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
