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I have two hard drives, sda and sdb. Windows resides on one and Linux on the other. Before I reinstall Linux from scratch, I want to make sure I know which is which so that I don't end up erasing my windows drive.
How can I identify which files/directories are sitting on each drive?
I.e. how do I find out the mount points of /dev/sda/ and /dev/sdb/ ?
I have searched the archives but haven't found a reply.
If there are two Hard Drives then when you get to the partitioning section of the install CD one drive will be listed as having a windows partition and the other as having a Linux partition. Pick the one with Linux on it.
Yes, Windows should be on sdb if sda has all of your Linux partitions. To be sure, make sure the output of the above command lists the file system on sdb as either FAT32 or NTFS. LVM is an acronym for Logical Volume Manager. Hope it helps.
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