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. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
