On Mon, May 10, 2004 at 03:48:42PM -0700, JCA wrote: > Here is my drive. What I was trying to do is replace the Win95 with a > Linux ext3 file system on /dev/hda4. So there is no easy way to do it > with fdisk? > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hda1 1 2416 19406488+ 0 Empty > /dev/hda2 * 2417 2429 104422+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda3 2430 2462 265072+ 82 Linux swap > /dev/hda4 2463 4865 19302097+ f Win95 Ext'd (LBA) > /dev/hda5 2463 4865 19302066 83 Linux The problem is that hda4 and hda5 use the same physical space - hence the start and end blocks overlap. You can't wipe out hda4 without also wiping out hda5. I'm not sure what you expect to get out of formatting that partition - you certainly won't get any more usable space. I did a quick google search for you to give you an introduction to partitions, and here's a good link to read: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/install-guide/ch-partitions.html The link may have wrapped so watch for that. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
