On Wed, June 1, 2005 7:19 pm, Ed Wilts said: > 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 >> 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. The only potential problem, that I see, is that the current swap partition takes up all of the extended partition. He may have to remove the swap partition and the extended partition, and then create a new extended partition, into which he can then recreate the swap partition and any new partitions he needs. -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 To be notified of updates to the web site, visit http://www.bubbanfriends.org/mailman/listinfo/site-update, or send a message to: site-update-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with a message of: subscribe -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
