The following was output from my desktop system using the fdisk -l command:

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Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors

Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Disk identifier: 0x000c7604

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System

/dev/sda1 * 63 943176149 471588043+ 83 Linux

/dev/sda2 943176150 976768064 16795957+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors

Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Disk identifier: 0x000c7604

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System

/dev/sdb1 63 943176149 471588043+ 83 Linux

/dev/sdb2 943176150 976768064 16795957+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdc: 2000.4 GB, 2000398934016 bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders, total 3907029168 sectors

Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Disk identifier: 0x000a6d57

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System

/dev/sdc1 2048 3907028991 1953513472 83 Linux

Disk /dev/sdd: 203.9 GB, 203928109056 bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24792 cylinders, total 398297088 sectors

Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Disk identifier: 0x36ce36cd

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System

/dev/sdd1 63 398297087 199148512+ 83 Linux

Disk /dev/sde: 750.2 GB, 750156374016 bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders, total 1465149168 sectors

Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Disk identifier: 0x44fdfe06

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System

/dev/sde1 2048 1465147391 732572672 83 Linux

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Regards,

LelandJ

On 09/13/2011 11:32 AM, lelandj wrote:

> Can you post the output of the fdisk -l command?

>

> Regards,

>

> LelandJ

>

>

>

>

> On 09/13/2011 11:18 AM, Ken Kixmoeller (ProLinux) wrote:

>> OK, I am playing. I disconnected everything but the boot drive.

>>

>> 1. All of the "mount point" folders are still in /media/ -- should I

>> delete (or rename) them? A GUI disk utility says that the mount point

>> of the remaining drive is ./ -- does that make sense? There is a SDA1

>> folder in there.

>>

>> 2. Ditto the device files (or whatever the heck they are) in /dev/ --

>> sda1 seems to be the boot drive partition and sda5 seems to be the

>> swap partition. Can/should I delete or rename the others?

>>

>> I feel like I am treading on dangerous ground.

>>

>> Ken

>>

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