On 12/13/05, Mike McCarty <mike.mccarty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Nat Gross wrote: > > Hi; > > When I think of disk partions, I shiverrrrrrrr. BUT, I need to make > > use of disk space I know I have but need to make this safely. Please > > adivse. > > Following, is the result of fdisk -l: > > ======================= > > Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes > > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders > > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > /dev/hda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux > > /dev/hda2 14 3837 30716280 83 Linux > > /dev/hda3 9473 9726 2040255 82 Linux swap / Solaris > > /dev/hda4 3838 9472 45263137+ 5 Extended > > /dev/hda5 3838 8102 34258581 83 Linux > > > > Partition table entries are not in disk order > > ========================================== > > [First] Does this mean that I have but one drive? (thought I had two.) > > The system is recognizing only one drive. Whether you have two > installed you can tell only by opening up the case. > > > Now, based on the following output from df, I *think* that hda4 is > > available for use. > > [snip] > > No. As you have already found out. > > You could get another volume out of hda4 from 8103 through 9472 > inclusive, for another 5.6 GIG of space. Would another 5.6 GB > be of much use to you? Perhaps. You also have two cylinders > unallocted. In an emergency, 5.6gig will do. But, this is an 80gig drive. My other partitions are 33gig and 29gig. I should have at least 16gig free (after allowing for boot and swap), or so I thought. Where is the other 10 gig? Thanks, -nat
