On Sat, Jun 19, 2004 at 10:07:28PM -0300, Ben Steeves wrote: > On Sat, 19 Jun 2004 19:58:43 -0500, Steve Snyder <swsnyder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > I have unpartitioned space on my hard disk. It is at the end of the disk. > > If I use fdisk to create a partition in that unused space will the other > > partitions on the disk be harmed? > > As long as you don't move any of those partitions, it should be fine. Yes... and to be a little bit more complete. As long as you don't move, change(shrink) or overlap onto an existing partition with data, it should be fine. Caution: when looking at partition tables notice extended partitions and how they play. The partition stuff contains nasty old stuff that is hacked in nasty ways to manage modern large disks. -- T o m M i t c h e l l /dev/null the ultimate in secure storage.
