Hi
i tried to use fdisk -l to see if any thing makes sense
here it is
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xcccdcccd
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 1305 10482381 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 9091 9729 5125680 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda3 1306 2034 5855692+ b W95 FAT32
/dev/sda4 2035 9090 56677320 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 2035 2496 3710983+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 3761 9090 42813193+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 2497 2520 192748+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 2521 3760 9960268+ 83 Linux
Partition table entries are not in disk order
Disk /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00073659
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 12159 97667136 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 12160 17165 40210695 b W95 FAT32
/dev/sdb3 17166 19457 18410490 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 17166 17178 104391 83 Linux
/dev/sdb6 17179 17481 2433816 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb7 17482 19457 15872188+ 83 Linux
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
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the ubuntu device.map
# gedit /boot/grub/device.map
is (hd0) /dev/sda
so maybe i should just add the external hard disk as hd1
wonder if this will work ??
any tips
ram
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