Globe Trotter wrote: >> That's one (quite possible) explanation. Another thing to check is >> the output of fdisk. It may show that there is another partition >> setup for the recovery and reinstallation of the original OS. To >> use fdisk to list the partition table, you'd use "fdisk -l >> /dev/sda" You'll need to either be root or be in the disk group. >> You may also need to adjust the path if /dev/sda isn't where your >> disk is at. [...] > > Thanks! And this can be done after installation? Or even before? You can view the partition table like this at any time. If you find that there's a partition there to restore from and you want to remove it to gain the space back, your options are different. If you use LVM, you can just reformat the partition and add it to one of your volumes without skipping a beat. If you don't use LVM, then you're better off changing the partitions before you install, IMO. You can do it afterward and then resize an existing partition to use the extra space, but it's always easier to do things like that without having to worry about missing a command and wiping out a few hours of installation time. :) -- Todd OpenPGP -> KeyID: 0xBEAF0CE3 | URL: www.pobox.com/~tmz/pgp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It is OK to let your mind go blank, but please turn off the sound.
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