be careful. Depending on how you started Fedora, drive assignment can vary very much.
lookup the file /var/log/dmesg (as root), or even better, execute: grep '/dev' </var/log/dmesg This should show all the devices mounted, you should be able to pickup from the list what device number was assigned to your USB pendrive. JP On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 7:54 AM, Stephen P Molnar <s.mol...@sbcglobal.net>wrote: > I am considering returning to Red Hat, actually Fedora, after quite a few > years of using SuSE/OpenSUSE. However, before taking down my main platform, > which my wife uses for surfing, I’d like to test Fedora 14 on my laptop. > This raises another consideration in that I use the laptop for consulting > and don’t want to endanger the Win 7 OS. > > > > What I have done is install (transfer(?)) Fedora 14 to a 8GB SanDisk USB > Thumb Drive. At this point I can boot the laptop from the Thumb Drive and > start the Fedora installer. I want to install Fedora on the Thumb Drive > without modifying the laptop MS Win 7 boot process. > > > > Now, finally my questions. The installer gives me the option of installing > Fedora on the following partitions: > > > > /dev/sda1 > > /dev/sda2 > > /dev/sdb1 > > /dev/sdc1 > > > > Am I correct in assuming the Thumb Drive is /dev/sdc1? Will the Win 7 > boot loader be modified by the Fedora installation? > > > > I have attempted searching the list archive without success. Any > assistance will be much appreciated. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. Life is a > fuzzy set > > Foundation for Chemistry Stochastic > and multivariate > > http://www.FoundationForChemistry.com > > > > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > -- ------------------------------ /\_/\ |O O| pepeb...@gmail.com ~~~~ Javier Perez ~~~~ While the night runs ~~~~ toward the day... m m Pepebuho watches from his high perch.
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