On Tuesday 02 Sep 2008, Zico wrote: > On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 11:32 PM, Arun Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > To the best of my understanding, x86 BIOS allow only 4 primary > > partitions per hard disk. One of the primary can be extended > > within which one can create a lot of logical partitions. > > Yep! This is his problem.
Early on (2.4.x days) one could define partitions upto /dev/sdX11 (where X is scsi disk id) on SCSI disks. Without the listing from "sudo fdisk -l" we really cannot help your friend. > > By "deselected" you mean greyed out or disabled? If so, that is > > indeed strange. > > This is greyed out. > > > On the CLI, what is the output of "sudo fdisk -l"? > > I think, he will definitely create problem if i tell him to do this. > :) If he cannot do this then it is difficult to analyze what his problem. Perhaps he can install another disk and install Ubuntu on it? > > He should be able use CLI fdisk to delete some, if the system boots > > with the Ubuntu LiveCD. > > Same, he is really a novice user. You can hold his hand through this. -- Arun Khan _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
