On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 04:57:57PM -0400, Warren Lamboy wrote: > "fdisk -l" tells me that I have the following device: > > Disk /dev/sda: 733.4 GB, 733468426240 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sector/track, 89172 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > /dev/sda1 1 5 40131 de Dell Utility > /dev/sda2 * 6 18 104422+ 83 Linux > /dev/sda3 19 17580 141066765 83 Linux > /dev/sda4 17581 17834 2040255 f Win95 Ext'd > (LBA) > /dev/sda5 17581 17834 2040223+ 82 Linux swap > > > The size of the device in GB is about what I expected, so I think the > hardware > is set up okay and Linux recognizes it correctly. > > I have been asked to add one new partition to this "drive" that uses all > of > the free space. If I understand correctly, I need to add a new > partition, > /dev/sda6, starting at 17835 and ending at 89172 with Id = 83 and System > = > Linux, and should be able to use fdisk to do that. I think I understand > fdisk well enough to do this. However, I still have a couple of > questions: > 1. Do I need to reboot the system into "rescue" mode to do this? > Can't I just use fdisk on a running machine as long as I don't mess up > the existing partitions? Various documents I find about adding > partitions suggest that I must boot into rescue mode to use fdisk for > this. You do not need to boot from a rescue disk. Do the following: # fdisk /dev/sda and ask for help (I haven't got time to go through all the steps right now to verify each command). You will add a new partition and select the default start and end block. Type 83 is right. Write the partition table and exit. > 2. My reading of the table above indicates that the swap partition > overlaps with the extended partition. Am I interpreting this > correctly? If I am, is this arrangement normal? Is it desirable? > Does it cause any potential problems? That's normal - don't worry about it. You can have only 4 primary partitions on a disk. -- Ed Wilts, RHCE 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
