The 9Gb disk of my SUN Ultra 5 machine with Debian unstable is not completely used, so I run fdisk /dev/hda and p command receiving:
-------------------------------------------------------------- Disk /dev/hda (Sun disk label): 16 heads, 63 sectors, 16706 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes Device Flag Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 r 0 8322 4194288 83 Linux native /dev/hda2 8322 8842 262080 82 Linux swap -------------------------------------------------------------- Then I create a third partition in this way: -------------------------------------------------------------- Device Flag Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 r 0 8322 4194288 83 Linux native /dev/hda2 8322 8842 262080 82 Linux swap /dev/hda3 8842 16706 3963456 5 Whole disk -------------------------------------------------------------- N.B. I followed the reccomendation to set the type of the third disk to 'Whole disk'. Then I run w command to write onto the partition table and I receive: -------------------------------------------------------------- The partition table has been altered! Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table. Re-read table failed with error 16: Device or resource busy. Reboot your system to ensure the partition table is updated. Syncing disks. -------------------------------------------------------------- And after the reboot the new partition disappears! Why am I not able to create (and use) a new partition? Thank you in advance. Roberto Giorgetti Milan - Italy
