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It is the 6th partition of you primary IDE hard drive.
hd stands for hard disk ( Please note that in case of SCSI the names would be sd)
Disks are numbered as hda, hdb, hdc and so on
partitions are numbered as 1, 2, 3 and so on
So hda1 is the first partition on first hard disk and hdb2 is the second partition on second hard disk.
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What is the difference between sda and hda in Linux?
Historically, hda was used for IDE drives and SDA was used for SCSI drives. Today, regardless of physical interface, all drives are treated as SCSI devices.
If you are dual-booting Windows XP and Linux how can you reinstall XP without interrupting Linux?
Before you format xp you will need to go onto Linux and create a grub boot disk by typing grub-install /dev/fd0. This will create a floppy disk which you can use to start Linux after you have removed and reinstalled xp. After removing and reinstalling xp use the disk to get back onto Linux and use grub-install /dev/hda to restore the Linux boot screen.
What is hda in unix?
/dev/hda usually refers to the first ATA hard drive in a workstation or server.
Which Linux commands can be used to create backups of filesystems and directories?
best option is to use dd command as belloaw :dd if=INPUT-FILE-NAME of=OUTPUT-FILE-NAMESo to backup /dev/hda3 under Linux command should be as follows :# dd if=/dev/hda3 of=/backup/myhostname-15-nov-05-hda3.bak.ddBacking up entire disk/partition with dd commandBackup /dev/hda to /dev/hdb: # dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb conv=noerror,sync
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no
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How do you know if you have a sata or ide DVD drive in your PC without opening the case. Or if I have to open the case what does each one look like?
Well, in Linux it is very easy to tell. If /dev/hda is your main harddrive, then you are using IDE. If it is /dev/sda, then it is either SATA or SCSI.
How do you undo the partition of a hard drive?
Depends on the OS. (operating system) if you have any type of windows, youre screwed. You'll have to reinstall the OS and you'll loose everything on the computer. If you have Linux, just run the config tool for the HD. it will be hda, or hdb, and you can change them there and just reboot and win.
