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Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: | Partition numbering is a combination of fixed and variable numbering. | The primary partitions are always 1 through 4, and are independent of | the logical partitions created in the extended partitions. | Extended partitions are a special type of primary partition that define | a chunck of disk space that is then broken up into smaller logical | partitions. You can have a total of 4 primary partitions and extended | partitions. ( 0P, 4E or 1P, 3E or 2P, 2E or 3P, 1E or 4P, 0E) Each | extended partition can have 4 logical partitions. (This is if you are | going to have a DOS type partition table - there are other formats, but | windows doesn't like them.) [...] | The "correct" way to do it is to create a second extended partition | using the free space, and then create a logical drive in it. I do not | have enough experience with XP to know if it will handle having a FAT32 | primary partition, along with a NTFS primary partition. I know Windows | 95 and 98 would handle having 2 primary partitions, even though you are | not supposed to do it. | | Before you start changing things, would you send the output of "fdisk -l | /dev/hda" so we can see how things are now. I don't know if your free | space is part of your extended partition, or if it is not claimed by any | partition. Space can be claimed by an extended partition, but not used | by a logical partition, or not claimed by any partition. It makes a | difference on what you can do with it.
Gladly ... thanks (I /almost/ followed part of that LOL):
[EMAIL PROTECTED] chuck]# fdisk -l /dev/hda
Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4864 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
~ Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 1916 15390238+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hda2 3185 4864 13494600 5 Extended /dev/hda5 3185 3949 6143728+ 83 Linux /dev/hda6 3949 4013 511528+ 82 Linux swap /dev/hda7 4013 4864 6839248+ 83 Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] chuck]#
- -- Chuck MATTSEN / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / Mahnomen, MN / RLU #346519 Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Cooker) for i586 kernel 2.6.3-9mdk 13:35:00 up 4:54, 1 user, load average: 0.11, 0.23, 0.17
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