Okay.
Linux sorts your disks and partitions differenmtly from Windows.
Windows puts an abitrary name on each partition, like A:, C:, D:, E:, etc.
Linu and other Unix-like systems [and to a much lesser extent, Windows
2000] actually show all your storage as a single, heirarchical tree. You
can add disks to the tree so that if you look in a certain directory,
you see the contents of your disk.
The directories where new disk partitions are attached are called mount
points. Your filesystem table [/etc/fstab] is what configures this.
The botton of the tree [shown as a slash /] is called `root' [not to be
confused with the user root]. One of your partitions is mounted as
root. But the directory /mnt/floppy is actually on another disk. This is
because another disk [your floppy drive, /dev/fd0] was mounted as
/mnt/floppy. If you look in /mnt/floppy wiht a floppy disk in the drive,
you'll see the floppy disks contents within /mnt/floppy.
In Alexanders suggestion, the /mnt/exchange directory would be another
hard disk. If you look in the /mnt/exchange directory [or mountpoint],
you'd see the contents of your other OS main partition.
Hope that makes sense,
Mike
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On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, root wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> Thank you both for your assistance. I thought the numbers refered to the
> order in which the OS's were prioritized for booting, but wanted to make
> sure I was going to do it right and still be able to boot one of them.
>
> I had this;
> /dev/hda7 / ext2 defaults 2 2
>
> Alexander showed me this mount point;
> /dev/had7 /mnt/exchange ext2 defaults 2 2
>
> I thought the mount point was an important distinction.
>
> Also if I were to add a 3rd Linux OS to fstab could it look like this?
>
> /dev/hda5 / ext2 defaults 1 1 <----first
> /dev/hda7 /mnt/exchange ext2 defaults 2 2 <----second
> /dev/hda8 /mnt/exchange ext2 defaults 3 3 <----third
> ?
>
> Of particular interest to me is the `mounting point'? And if there were
> three ext2 OS's would they have to appear in numerical descending order in
> my fstab? Or do I have the liberty to adjust and customize their booting
> orders NOT based upon their partition number? In other words could I make
> /hda8 boot first and hda5 boot third?
>
> Thanks ever so much,
>
> mrweb
>
>
>
>
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