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hey
what is the difference between hda and sda
which are the drivers of hard-disk?
&& if there are sda1 sda2 sda3 sda5
how can i know which are for ...
- 04-29-2011 #1Banned
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what is the difference between hda and sda
hey
what is the difference between hda and sda
which are the drivers of hard-disk?
&& if there are sda1 sda2 sda3 sda5
how can i know which are for the h.d.d paritions
because i only have two paritions and not more..
Thanks
- 04-29-2011 #2forum.guy
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All the modern kernels see drives as sdx rather than hdx, the x representing the drive number.
Originally Posted by advxc153 
sda1 sda2 sda3 sda5 would be partitions for the the first drive, which is sda.oz
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- 04-29-2011 #3Linux User
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If you see sda1 through sda5, then you have more than two partitions. However, you may have only two primary partitions, with the rest being logical partitions inside an extended partition. You really need to do more research on partitions in order to understand how they work.
- 05-07-2011 #4Linux Guru
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On current systems, sata/sas/scsi drives are /dev/sdx, and ata/ide/eide drives are /dev/hdx.
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