Hello,
I would like some help with determining the correct numbers
for my primary and swap partition.
Running 'fdisk' from the root installation disk with the p
command, I am told;
disk /dev/hda: 16 heads, 17 sectors, 873 cylinders
units = cylinders of 272 * 512
Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks System
/dev/hda1 1 1 873 118719+ Linux native
Now if I am doing the math right, this indicates a hard
drive of 120 meg. I want a swap partition of 8 meg, to
double my RAM from 8 meg to 16 meg. This means that the
primary Linux partition will be 112 meg.
That said, I have to calculate the Begin, Start and End of
the two new partitions so that I can add them, after
deleting the single partition. This is where my head starts
to swim.
What is the math to calculate the numbers for my new
partitions properly, based on my hard drive specifications?
I want to understand this.
Please keep it simple, as both "Linux System
Administration", by M&T Books, and "Slackware Unleashed" 3rd
edition, haven't got me any closer to an answer.
This is making me feel real stupid.
Thanks,
Tom
