Hi Chris, Thanks for your advice. I still could not resolve following questions. 1) In my case how could the 5th partition "/dev/hde4" (ext partition) be created? I did not create it /dev/hde4 737 1245 4088542+ f Win95 Ext'd (LBA) 2) I suppose "/dev/hde5" being /home partition where "/home" folder/directory resides 3) Why "/dev/hde4" and "/dev/hde5" starting and ending at the same cylinder, taking up the same number of cylinders /dev/hde4 737 1245 4088542+ f Win95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/hde5 737 1245 4088511 83 Linux 4) What is the "+" sign indicating in /dev/hde2 14 78 522112+ 82 Linux swap /dev/hde4 737 1245 4088542+ f Win95 Ext'd (LBA) Thanks in advance. B.R. Stephen On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 12:48, Chris Kloiber wrote: > On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 00:31, Stephen Liu wrote: > > Hi all folks, > > > > I just finished installing a RH9.0 box. Partitions made are as follows > > > > /boot > > swap > > / > > /home > > > > But > > # fdisk -l > > > > Disk /dev/hde: 10.2 GB, 10245537792 bytes > > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1245 cylinders > > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > /dev/hde1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux > > /dev/hde2 14 78 522112+ 82 Linux swap > > /dev/hde3 79 736 5285385 83 Linux > > /dev/hde4 737 1245 4088542+ f Win95 Ext'd (LBA) > > /dev/hde5 737 1245 4088511 83 Linux > > > > Kindly help me to under what is > > "/dev/hde4 737 1245 4088542+ f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)" > > > > I did not create a partition for Win95. > > > > Is > > "/dev/hde5 737 1245 4088511 83 Linux" > > home partition (/home)? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > Dos style partition tables can only have 4 entries called "primary" > partitions. One of those 4 (usually the last, #4) can be an "extended" > partition, which can hold up to 11 more "logical" partitions, for a > grand total of 14 usable partitions per disk (1-3,5-15) where data can > be stored. In your case you only asked for 4 partitions so the extended > partition was unneeded, but it won't hurt you to leave it there. > -- > Chris Kloiber > Red Hat, Inc. > To Get Your Own iCareHK.com Email Address? Go To www.iCareHK.com. -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
