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How-To: Teach Linux To Do Windows, Part 1: Page 20 of 32

fstab is the file that tells Linux which drives are installed and what kinds of filesystems they used, in the example below, Linux is being told that the windows drive is connected to the primary channel of the primary drive controller.

hda - primary drive controller, master channel (usually = C: in Windows)

hdb -primary drive controller, slave channel

hdc -secondary drive controller, master channel

hdd -secondary drive controller, slave channel