linuxgeek: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Another question about Installing Mint 17 Mate

Sunday, July 6, 2014

Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Another question about Installing Mint 17 Mate

On Sun, Jul 06, 2014 at 08:52:12PM -0500, 'Gene C. Falck' gfalck@merr.com [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
> Hi Scott,
>
> > I wrote:
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> I've noticed that there is a dev/sdc involved in some of my
> >> terminal inquiry results while booted from the Live CD USB
> >> and also on a popup that happens (when trying to install)
> >> when the preparatory screen that has the "For best results,
> >> Please ensure that..." matters. The popup asks whether I
> >> want to Unmount partitions that are in use and specifies
> >> that /dev/sdc is in question.
>
> The computer is a Gateway netbook with only one hard drive;
> I expect Linux will refer to it as /dev/sda. The deeper I dig, the
> stranger this all seems.

What does Windows show if you boot it? I actually haven't worked very much
with the newer styles of partition, but a /dev/sdX should refer to a drive,
so for it to be /dev/sdc is odd.

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