which partition is which?

[Mike Holstein]

On Feb 6, 2013 11:19 AM, "Tim Krone" <tim at linux-daw.org> wrote:
>
> The best way to find out in my eyes is to have a look into the file
/etc/fstab. There you will find all mounted partitions.
> The uuids can be resolved by having a look at /dev/disk/by-uuid. I think
that was the path.
>
> Cheers
> Tim
>

I think george is looking for a date when he made the partitions.. I just
look at the data on the partitions to see when they were made, and I've
always been able to figure out what was what... if I were doing something
odd or needed partition creation data, I would just add it.. an info.txt
right on the root of the device that I could add what I want to so I could
be sure what is what... someone mentioned "careful planning"... I think
that is a great idea. Map out what you want and keep your data backed up
for if something goes wrong during a resize, or when the drive fails...

>
>
> Mike Holstein <mikeh789 at gmail.com> schrieb:
>
> >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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