On Sunday 06 November 2005 08:56 pm, Juan M. Duran wrote: > 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). > > > O > > -- > Juan M. Duran > Center for Molecular Genetics, Room 305 > University of California, San Diego > La Jolla, CA 92093-0634 > Phone #: 1-858-534-3752 > Fax #: 1-858-534-7073
Ahh ... bummer. Makes sense though. Thanks anyway, BobLQ -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
