On 12/13/05, Mike McCarty <mike.mccarty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Nat Gross wrote: > > 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 > >>> > > 9729 cylinders * 8225280 bytes/cylinder = 80G > > Start End partition > 1 13 hda1 > 14 3837 hda2 > 3838 8102 hda5 > 8103 9472 (unallocated) > 9473 9726 hda3 > 9727 9729 (unallocated) > > You have a total of (9473-8103)+(9730-9727) = 1370+3 = 1373 > out of 9729 cylinders allocated. So you should have 11G or > so unallocated. Perhaps I miscalculated. > > You only have 4 entries in the PT, so you can't create another > partition without major effort, but you can create another > logical disc (or volume if you prefer) out of the remainder > of the extended partition (hda4). That's 1370 cylinders > (8103 through 9472 inclusive). > > So (1370/9729)*80G ~ 11G. And that's all the unallocated you > can get w/o complete repartitioning. This should not be difficult. > Read the man page on fdisk. > > The VERY FIRST THING you should do, is a complete backup, with > verification that it can recover your data. > > Also, I'd save a copy of the MBR onto a floppy. > I'd also make me a GRUB boot floppy (or LILO, or whatever > you use) and verify that it can boot your current system. > Thanks for the input. (And for the homework!) -nat
