Re: Can't tell which hard drive to install Fedora 13 OS to.

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On 09/15/2010 05:54 PM, JD wrote:
>
> On 09/15/2010 01:55 PM, allen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>   
>> PartitionMagic doesn't run on Windows Vista which is what I have.  Also,
>> space isn't an issue on the Data drive since it is completely clear (all
>> 150 GB of it), so one drive has Windows installed on it with all of my
>> personal data, and the other drive has literally nothing on it (which is
>> the drive I wish to install F13 on).  So when I go to install F13 to a
>> hard drive, I have to choose one of the two drives, and their only
>> distinguishing characteristics are their serial numbers and whether they
>> are "sda" or "sdb" which I assume stands for "slave drive a" and "slave
>> drive b", and I would think that Windows is installed on sda, but
>> assumptions are dangerous in the computer world.
>>
>> Thanks for the quick response!
>>
>> -Dan
>>     
> While booted off of the F13, open a gnome terminal
> Applications -> System Tools -> Terminal
>
> In terminal:
>
> su -
>
> mkdir /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1
>
> mount -t ntfs /dev/sda1 /sda1
> mount -t ntfs /dev/sdb1 /sdb1
>
> ls /sda1
> ls /sdb1
>
> the output of each ls should tell you which one is the windows boot disk.
>
> Once you know, which disk is windows, you install on the other.
> Now, to prepare the other, you need to delete the ntfs partition on it.
>
> Let's assume the data disk is /dev/sdb:
>
> umount /sdb1
>
> fdisk /sdb1
> d
> 1
> w
> q
>
> Now, you can install on the data disk (assuming it was sdb)
>
> During the install, do not forget to leave room for about 2 to 4GB
> swap partition. It will come in very handy if you decide to hibernate
> the linux system.
>
> As a final note:
> If you bios has a boot disk selector menu (F12 ???)
> then, at end of installation you will be asked where
> to install grub. Install it on /dev/sdb  (NOT /dev/sdb1).
>
> If your BIOS does not support a boot disk selector, then
> install grub on /dev/sda (the windows disk).
>
> Grub will add an entry in grub.conf to let you boot
> windows, from the grub menu.
>
>
>   
Do not mkdir /dev/<anything>
/dev/sda and /dev/sdb are devices.

Best practice is to make directories under /mnt or another directory
tree, but /sda1 and /sdb1 are fine too.



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