On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 9:04 AM, Ranjit Bhonsle <[email protected]> wrote:
> > The diagnostic information people need to help you can be obtained as:
> >
> > r...@machine:# fdisk -l
> >
> > If you can post the output of 'fdisk -l', some of us can chip in.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Manas
> >
> ran...@hardlyubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l
> [sudo] password for ranjit:
>
> Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x61c2fa14
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/sda1 * 1 1305 10482381 7 HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/sda2 1306 3407 16884315 5 Extended
> /dev/sda5 1306 2635 10683193+ 83 Linux
> /dev/sda6 2636 2768 1068291 82 Linux swap /
> Solaris
> /dev/sda7 2769 2792 192748+ 83 Linux
> /dev/sda8 2793 3407 4939956 83 Linux
>
Hi,
Your extended partition (/dev/sda2) is only 16 gigabytes long and is
full. So, it cannot accommodate any more logical partitions.Since you can
have only a single 'extended' partition on a drive, either you can extend
the extended partition (/dev/sda2) using an appropriate tool (GNU
parted/gparted for example) or, as you have already mentioned you can
create a primary partition starting from where the extended ends.
IMO, since there is no data beyond the extended partition, it should be
safe and quick to resize the extended partition. If you decide to resize the
partition, make sure that the machine has a reliable UPS :)
My 2 cents...
Best regards,
Pranav
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