On dom, 2005-11-06 at 20:43 -0800, boblq wrote:
> I have a disk that fdisk lists as follows:

> 
>    Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/hda1   *         1        63    506016   83  Linux
> /dev/hda2            64      4865  38572065    5  Extended
> /dev/hda5            64        94    248976   82  Linux swap
> /dev/hda6          2424      4865  19615333+  83  Linux
> /dev/hda7            95      1200   8883913+  83  Linux
> /dev/hda8          1201      2423   9823716   83  Linux
> 
> Part
>  
> I am running out of disk space and wonder what's up with 
> /dev/hda2. Is is free for me to mount say a var2 on?

Nope.  hda2 is the extended partition that contains hda5, 6, 7 and 8.
Note that the start of hda2 partition is 64 (where hda 5 begins) and
ends at 4865 (where hda6 ends).  


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