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Hi all, I have to write a script or program to log the details of the primary partition of a linux server which should be generic. Can anyone tel what ...
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    How to know the primary partition of a linux system

    Hi all, I have to write a script or program to log the details of the primary partition of a linux server which should be generic. Can anyone tel what is the command in linux to get the list of the partitions and how to find the primary partition among the other. Or can I know from proc filesystem.

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    fdisk -l
    and look out for primary denoted by "*"
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    thnks for the reply. I have seen the output itz giving /dev/sda1 as the partition. I can see that a boot partition.
    then how will I know the partition of RFS ???
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lakshmipathi View Post
    and look out for primary denoted by "*"
    Sorry.Yes * denotes boot not primary. Primaries denoted by nos 1-4 .

    Checkout "Id" field - It has an unique magic signature for each FS.
    another way would be checking out "cat /proc/mounts" output

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