On Sunday 09 September 2007 06:44, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> The Sunday 2007-09-09 at 01:30 -0400, Bob S wrote:
> > Neither of those are the problem. The fourth primary (sda4) is the
> > extended and all of the free space is after that.
>
> So, you have 3 primaries, one extended, and then free space, outside of
> the extended partition? Then that free space is lost.
>
> The extended partition most contain all the remaining space, later to be
> assigned to logical partitions, which may or not use all that space.
>
> It should be possible to change the extended partition size without
> loosing data. Some tools are able to do it, like the commercial partition
> magic, I think it is. Maybe there is another method in linux.
>
>
> But write here the output of fdisk -l /dev/sda so we can judge better.
>
Thanks Carlos.
and for Rajko also
Here is output of fdisk -l /dev/sda

Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1               1        1306    10490413+  83  Linux
/dev/sda2            1307        3265    15735667+  83  Linux
/dev/sda3            3266        3527     2104515   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda4            3528       10055    52436160    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5            3528        4180     5245191   83  Linux
/dev/sda6            4181        4833     5245191   83  Linux
/dev/sda7            4834        6139    10490413+   c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sda8            6140        7445    10490413+  83  Linux
/dev/sda9            7446       10055    20964793+  83  Linux
EasyStreet:/ # 

I really hope there is such a tool. Otherwise I have an awful lot of 
work/fooling around to do. That is what I meant when I said,in my original 
post, I did a really dumb/stupid thing when I partitioned that disk.

Bob S.
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