Is partition possible with Ubuntu?

Asked By mikethegreat 0 points N/A Posted on - 10/06/2011

I would like to be clarified on this thought. Is Linux Ubuntu Operating system possible for any partitions? If so is it more similar to windows wherein you could represent it through the drive letters such as the C or it is true that they are using numbers instead? Thank You!

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Answered By David1 0 points N/A #87108

Is partition possible with Ubuntu?

hi, yes of course Linux is an OS like any other OS can have its own partitions , but there is no C and D in Linux , instead , there a different concept, which include somehow what you said, numbers!!

to explain more, this is the output of the partition i have in my Ubuntu :

$sudo fdisk -l

 Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System

/dev/sda1   *           1          13      102400    7  HPFS/NTFS

Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.

/dev/sda2              13       11409    91533312    7  HPFS/NTFS

/dev/sda3           12749       30402   141796352    7  HPFS/NTFS

/dev/sda4           11410       12748    10755487    5  Extended

/dev/sda5           11410       12673    10153048+  83  Linux

/dev/sda6           12674       12748      602406   82  Linux swap / Solaris

 

you can see that each partition is named /dev/sdai, where i stands for the number of the partition!!

if you want to know to learn more about partition is Linux the following link provide a good explanation!

 

http://tldp.org/HOWTO/html_single/Partition/

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Answered By talki rathy 0 points N/A #87110

Is partition possible with Ubuntu?

Hi Mike,

Yes, it is possible to create a new partition in Ubuntu. But, it is a lengthy process. Please follow the link and know more about your question's answer.

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