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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?'' |
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| - | <WRAP important> | + | A friendlier view of devices attached to your computer, use ''lsblk'': |
| - | Do not type the ''#'' mark; that just represents the root prompt on your screen. | + | |
| - | However, the question mark is literal; type exactly ''sd?'' | + | <code> |
| - | </WRAP> | + | # lsblk |
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| On a laptop, you probably only have one drive, so the result will likely be ''/dev/sda'' but a desktop can (and arguably should) have multiple drives, so results might be ''/dev/sda'' ''/dev/sdb'' ''/dev/sdc'', and so on to the last drive. | On a laptop, you probably only have one drive, so the result will likely be ''/dev/sda'' but a desktop can (and arguably should) have multiple drives, so results might be ''/dev/sda'' ''/dev/sdb'' ''/dev/sdc'', and so on to the last drive. | ||
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