Partitions

Since it is always a bit of a headache getting the partitions right when upgrading, I am noting down here my partition setup for future reference – though it might change. I’m dual-booting with Ubuntu and Windows 7.

Partitions 500 GB hard disk /dev/sda (Master Boot Record)

DellUtility /dev/sda1 (41 MB, Hidden W95 FAT16 (LBA) (0x1e))
RECOVERY /dev/sda2 (16 GB, HPFS/NTFS (0×07))
OS (Win7) /dev/sda3 (107 GB, HPFS/NTFS (0×07))
377 GB Extended /dev/sda4 (W95 Ext d (LBA) (0x0f))
- Stuff /dev/sda5 mounted at /media/Stuff (268 GB, HPFS/NTFS (0×07))
- 10 GB Filesystem /dev/sda6 mounted at /home (10 GB, Linux Ext4 (0×83))
- 8.2 GB Swap Space /dev/sda7 (8.2 GB, Linux swap (0×82))
- 90 GB Filesystem /dev/sda8 mounted at / (90 GB, Linux Ext4 (0×83))