-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello all! I was about to make a new partition on my hard drive when fdisk reported: Command (m for help): n Command action l logical (5 or over) p primary partition (1-4) l No free sectors available Now I know full well there are more sectors available as I am using less than half of the drive! Disk /dev/hda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 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 4807 38507805 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/hda5 14 1288 10241406 83 Linux /dev/hda6 1289 3200 15358108+ 83 Linux /dev/hda7 3201 3264 514048+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/hda8 3265 4539 10241406 8e Linux LVM /dev/hda9 4540 4794 2048256 8e Linux LVM /dev/hda10 4795 4807 104391 83 Linux As you can see I should have 16065 cylinders but cannot access them. I am as sure as I can be that once upon a time (probably when I made the last 3 partitions for my Rawhide distro) that the end block for the extended partition (#2) was a greater number, and in fact when running Anaconda trying to install FC6Pre the partitioning program shows a LOT of free space on the drive so I figure that either I can't make new partitions because 8 is the limit (I don't know what the actual limit is but I discount this as a possibility as fdisk seems to be showing me that /dev/hda10 is butted up against the end of the drive) or something nasty has re-written my MBR to tell fdisk there's no more room. So, fellows (and ladies!) My questions are: Is there a definite maximum number of partitions allowed on a drive, and have I reached it? how do I recalculate drive parameters and fix the MBR (if that is the problem. I am resisting the urge to wipe and re-install as this represents 3 linux distros and it would likely take a month to fully recover them! Scott -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFISI65mBKdb7VQEcRAgztAKCXF1aNOaN1Pofem37yveAUWMA1iwCfbAWR ypncZmQlQO+n4oZDb3iPmc8= =HBju -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
