Greetings Anne ,
Anne Wilson wrote:
On Friday 24 March 2006 21:46, Chasecreek Systemhouse wrote:
On 3/24/06, Anne Wilson <cannewilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I accepted the default top limit for the large extended partition, so how
did I end up with unallocated sectors? Can they not be used?
Yes, and no, it depends upon the "wiggle room" of the drive, the bios, etc.
Try the same procedure but use "parted" -- you will get better results.
I found the explanation here:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/faqs/linux_faq_AEN3379
<quote>
Ignore the message about unallocated sectors. They refer to the sectors on the
first track apart from the Master Boot Record, and they are not used if you
start the first partition in track 2.
</quote>
I have a question though , how do you determine whether the partition
started
from track 1 or track 2 . Does it describe how to actually start a
partition from
track 1 and not track 2 so there will be no unallocated sectors ?
All i know is that you can ask fdisk to start a partition from cylinder
1 and that's
as far as it goes .
Anne
Kind Regards,
Kostas
