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nightmorph 08/03/31 21:50:37 |
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Added: hb-install-blockdevices.xml |
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added hb-install-blockdevices.xml so i can delete it from /draft/ |
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1.1 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-blockdevices.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-blockdevices.xml?rev=1.1&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-blockdevices.xml?rev=1.1&content-type=text/plain |
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Index: hb-install-blockdevices.xml |
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?> |
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<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-blockdevices.xml,v 1.1 2008/03/31 21:50:37 nightmorph Exp $ --> |
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<!DOCTYPE included SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> |
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<included> |
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<version>1</version> |
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<date>2008-03-02</date> |
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<section id="blockdevicesdesc"> |
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<title>Block Devices</title> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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We'll take a good look at disk-oriented aspects of Gentoo Linux |
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and Linux in general, including Linux filesystems, partitions and block devices. |
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Then, once you're familiar with the ins and outs of disks and filesystems, |
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you'll be guided through the process of setting up partitions and filesystems |
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for your Gentoo Linux installation. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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To begin, we'll introduce <e>block devices</e>. The most famous block device is |
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probably the one that represents the first IDE drive in a Linux system, namely |
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<path>/dev/hda</path>. If your system uses SCSI drives, then your first hard |
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drive would be <path>/dev/sda</path>. Serial ATA drives are also |
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<path>/dev/sda</path> even if they are IDE drives. If you're using the new |
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libata framework in the kernel, all hard drives will be labeled |
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<path>/dev/sd*</path>. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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The block devices above represent an abstract interface to the disk. User |
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programs can use these block devices to interact with your disk without worrying |
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about whether your drives are IDE, SCSI or something else. The program can |
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simply address the storage on the disk as a bunch of contiguous, |
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randomly-accessible 512-byte blocks. |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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</section> |
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</included> |
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