which partition is which?

[Mike Holstein]

On Feb 6, 2013 7:42 AM, "George DiceGeorge" <dicegeorge at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> is there a datestamp on partitions in gparted,
> or any other way of deciding which swap goes with which other partition,
> the only identifier i have so far is size.
>
> Nautilus doesnt seem to see the swap partitions so i cant see what goes
with what.
>

I just look at the data on the partitions...

> [george]
>
>
> From: David King
> Sent: Wednesday, 06 February, 2013 11:44
> To: ubuntu-studio-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: which partition is which?
>
>
> On 05/02/13 23:20, George DiceGeorge wrote:
>>
>> After installing UbuntuStudio
>> I was looking at partitions with Nautilus and gparted
>> and deleting old partitions of swap disks etc
>> but I deleted something wrong
>> and it wouldnt boot
>> so i reinstalled UbuntuStudio.
>>
>> Is there any way of seeing the dates of partitions,
>> or figuring some other way what's what?
>> [george]
>>
>
>
> Before installing systems onto a PC, I draw out a map of the hard disks,
and decide what partitions to set up and what will go where.
>
> For example, I might decide to put Ubuntu Studio in sda1, Mint in sda5,
home in sda6, swap in another partition, etc. It also helps to make each
partition a different size.
>
> Once something is installed, I use gparted to label each partition so I
know what's what.
>
> If you install something without remembering what is what, then mount
everything, examine the contents, and then label each partition in gparted.
>
>
>
> David K
>
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