Hi Rob and Mike, Thanks for your advice. I have following questions unresolved; 1) During partition I partition "/home" finally, maximizing all available space. Now where is its parttion? Is it /hde4? 2) I created "/home" partition for /home folder/directory so that in case of of crash of RH9.0, I make a clear installation of RH9.0 "/home" partition won't be wiped off. I am not sue whether /home folder/directory is now residing on "/home", the partition created for it. /etc/fstab LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1 LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 none dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 LABEL=/home /home ext3 defaults 1 2 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hde2 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0 /dev/cdrom1 /mnt/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner,kud Is it necessary to edit /etc/fstab? Thanks in advance. B.R. Stephen On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 22:37, Rob Hinst wrote: > On your setup, /dev/hde4 isn't really a separate partition where you can > store data. Think of it like this: if you want to have partitions on your > hard drive beyond the 4 primary ones that are allowed, you need to designate > the fourth partition as "extended." This partition will take up the rest of > the space that you want partitioned. Then, inside this extended partition, > you can create "logical" paritions for the remainder of the partitions you > wish to create. > > To Get Your Own iCareHK.com Email Address? Go To www.iCareHK.com. ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stephen Liu" <satimis@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 3:12 AM > Subject: Re: Partition question > > > > 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. -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
