> On 12/13/05, Mike McCarty <mike.mccarty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: <snip> > > > ======================= > > > 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 Linu x > > > /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 In fdisk you can arrange to get the partitions in disk order but I am not sure of the effect when your swap partition is a primary partition located on disk "after" the extended partition. You can try it, nd if you do not like the looks of the new table just quit, WITHOUT writing it to the disk. BUT I seem to recall that the primary partitions are listed before the extended/logical partitions. I can't recall for sure. As far as how many disks? You could look in /proc/ide or in /var/dmesg for clues as to what Linux thinks about possible additional drives. If they exist and are connected to power and a controller they should show up. <snip> > > 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 > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Here is my calculations on the available partition size. >From the end of hda5 +1 (8103 Cyl) to the start of hda3 -1 (9472 Cyl) is 1627 Cyls. * 8225280 bytes/Cylinder divided 1 GB (1024*1024*1024) = 10.4870 GB [(9472-8103)*8225280/(1024*1024*1024) = 10.4870] Keep in mind that there is overhead associated with the layout of a file system which means there is always less space than the nominal disk size. Super block backups, inode numbers and sizes among other things influence the amount of overhead. See fs (5), dumpfs (8) and related man pages for more information. dlg
