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| historical purposes]]). So the identifier for the first hard drive on a system would be ''sda'', and the second drive would be ''sdb''. | historical purposes]]). So the identifier for the first hard drive on a system would be ''sda'', and the second drive would be ''sdb''. | ||
| - | You can verify what drives Linux finds by looking in the device, or ''/dev'', directory. You can see this by typing this: | + | You can verify what drives Linux finds by looking in the device, or ''/dev'', directory. Do not type the ''#'' mark; that just represents the root prompt on your screen. However, the question mark is literal; type exactly ''sd?'' |
| <code> | <code> | ||
| # ls /dev/sd? | # ls /dev/sd? | ||
| </code> | </code> | ||
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| - | <WRAP important> | ||
| - | Do not type the ''#'' mark; that just represents the root prompt on your screen. | ||
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| - | However, the question mark is literal; type exactly ''sd?'' | ||
| - | </WRAP> | ||
| A friendlier view of devices attached to your computer, use ''lsblk'': | A friendlier view of devices attached to your computer, use ''lsblk'': | ||