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Tamara Wijsman
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Dell partitions How can I identify which device caused a `/dev` entry?

I have a Dell Inspiron 600M, from around 2004. The partition table looks like this:

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1               1           6       48163+  de  Dell Utility
/dev/sda2   *           7        3478    27888840    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3            3479        6838    26984449    5  Extended
/dev/sda4            6839        7295     3670852+  db  CP/M / CTOS / ...
/dev/sda5            3479        6694    25824256   83  Linux
/dev/sda6            6694        6838     1159168   82  Linux swap / Solaris

Does anyone know what sda1 and sda4 are for? I did not create them, so I imagine Dell installed them when the machine was built.

thanks!

Dell partitions

I have a Dell Inspiron 600M, from around 2004. The partition table looks like this:

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1               1           6       48163+  de  Dell Utility
/dev/sda2   *           7        3478    27888840    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3            3479        6838    26984449    5  Extended
/dev/sda4            6839        7295     3670852+  db  CP/M / CTOS / ...
/dev/sda5            3479        6694    25824256   83  Linux
/dev/sda6            6694        6838     1159168   82  Linux swap / Solaris

Does anyone know what sda1 and sda4 are for? I did not create them, so I imagine Dell installed them when the machine was built.

thanks!

How can I identify which device caused a `/dev` entry?

I have a Dell Inspiron 600M, from around 2004. The partition table looks like this:

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1               1           6       48163+  de  Dell Utility
/dev/sda2   *           7        3478    27888840    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3            3479        6838    26984449    5  Extended
/dev/sda4            6839        7295     3670852+  db  CP/M / CTOS / ...
/dev/sda5            3479        6694    25824256   83  Linux
/dev/sda6            6694        6838     1159168   82  Linux swap / Solaris

Does anyone know what sda1 and sda4 are for? I did not create them, so I imagine Dell installed them when the machine was built.

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Dell partitions

I have a Dell Inspiron 600M, from around 2004. The partition table looks like this:

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1               1           6       48163+  de  Dell Utility
/dev/sda2   *           7        3478    27888840    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3            3479        6838    26984449    5  Extended
/dev/sda4            6839        7295     3670852+  db  CP/M / CTOS / ...
/dev/sda5            3479        6694    25824256   83  Linux
/dev/sda6            6694        6838     1159168   82  Linux swap / Solaris

Does anyone know what sda1 and sda4 are for? I did not create them, so I imagine Dell installed them when the machine was built.

thanks!