On 12/14/05, Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Nat, > > On Wed, 2005-12-14 at 08:42 -0700, Robin Laing 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 <snip> > If you want another partition just run fdisk and create it from the available space. This new partition would be hda6 using 8103 thru 9472. Yes? > > Drive space is cheap enough today to add extra drives where needed. I > > have one drive for just temp backups. > > > Agreed True. But I'd rather get a new system than open this case and risk the existing hardware. So, if fdisk isn't so risky, and the extra 10gig will keep this going for a while..I'll go for fdisk. Thanks; -nat
