[SOLVED] Where can I find the two partitions in Linux?

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[Justin]

Hi guys, good evening.

I'm a bit confuse with this Linux partition. In Windows, if we have two partitions and when we try to open the My Computer makikita agad natin yong two partitions. In Linux naman when we open the Computer under the Places menu, all we can see are the CD/DVD drive, floppy drive and the FileSystem. We can't see any partitions appear in the Computer. I know some Linux users here already know that there's no drive letters in Linux.

My question is:
1. Where can I find the two partitions?

Thanks and God bless.

[raw_knee]

a. The first partition -- the root, is the one you refer to as '/'...
b. The second partition -- the swap, cannot be seen.

I think a discussion of the linux file system is in order, so we can understand things better:

http://tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/sect_03_01.html

[Justin]

Sorry I forgot to include this.

These are the partitions that I created:
The first partition = /
The second partition = /home
The third partition = swap

So does it mean if I open my Home folder I already access my second partition?

Thanks raw_knee for the link. I'll check the link later.

[Justin]

Ok here's what I understand.

On my previous post above, I created 3 partitions. So to access the partition just goto the folder where you place the partition.

For example, in the second partition I assigned it as /home. So just goto that home folder and you already accessed your second partition.

Just correct me if I'm wrong.

[raw_knee]

Ok here's what I understand.

On my previous post above, I created 3 partitions. So to access the partition just goto the folder where you place the partition.

For example, in the second partition I assigned it as /home. So just goto that home folder and you're already accessed your second partition.

Just correct me if I'm wrong.

You got it right.

Partitions, devices, and other items in Linux/Unix/Mac OS X (and other UNIX-based OSes for that matter) are accessible as a system of 'files' and 'directories'. Simple and consistent.

That line of thought is radically different from how Windows/DOS treats the same set of items. Which is why in dealing with non-Windows OSes, we have to 'unlearn' a lot of things (if you noticed, I refer to some items as 'directories' and never mentioned 'folders') we got used to with Windows to be able to understand them.

[Justin]

Thanks raw_knee.

[ircNewBie]

as far as I understand about partitions (logical or extended), it refers to the division of the drive. I suppose that each partition of the drive can be of different formats i.e. Fat32/ntfs(for windows), ext/ext2(for Linux), UFS (MAC), etc..

in LInux, you got to mount the foreign (not for linux i.e. Fat32/ntfs) partition for you to see the contents of that foreign partition. Normally, the pre-defined mount point (directory) is located at /mnt directory. example  to mount  a windows partition you must use sudo mount /dev/hda{x} /mnt/your_mount_point {parameters}
for more info: http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/mounting.html


To make all partitions mounted automatically upon booting Linux, you got to edit the /etc/fstab

I hope this can help