How to add a new partition to an existing Red HAT 8

[Bob McClure Jr]

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On Sun, Feb 20, 2005 at 10:00:50PM +0545, bj wrote:
> Hi !
> 
> Thank you for the prompt reply .
> 
> The result of fdisk -l /dev/hda is as ffs :-
> 
> 
> Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 7297 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
> 
>    Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/hda1   *         1       574   4610623+   7  HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/hda2           575      1097   4200997+  83  Linux
> /dev/hda3          1098      1228   1052257+  82  Linux swap
> /dev/hda4          1229      1835   4875727+   7  HPFS/NTFS
> 
> 
> I think I hit the limitation of 4 primary partitions .

You are correct, sir.

> Please advice .
> 
> cheers,
> bj

What's /dev/hda4 being used for?  Does Win2K see it as a D: (or some
other drive letter than C:)?

If not, or if nothing is on it, you're golden.  If there is something
on there, can it all be moved to C:?  If not, can it be backed up to
tape or CD or DVD or another machine via network?

What you want to be able to do is delete part 4, and then make a new
extended partition that covers the rest of the whole drive, and then
of that you can make a large number of logical partitions.

Failing that, you might have to save off anything important and
repartition and reinstall everything.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-install-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:redhat-install-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of Bob McClure
> Jr
> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 2:09 AM
> To: redhat-install-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: How to add a new partition to an existing Red HAT 8
> 
> 
> On Sun, Feb 20, 2005 at 08:39:46AM +0545, bj wrote:
> > Hi !
> >
> > I have a red hat 8.0 & Windows 2000 on a intel box with a 60 GB hard drive
> .
> >
> > Only 20 GB has been partitioned into 10 GB of NTFS and 9 GB of Linux ,
> file
> > id 83 ext 3 and 1 GB of Linux swap , file id 82 .
> >
> > I want to use some free unallocated space from the remaining 40 GB for my
> > linux .
> >
> > But I could not get fdisk (from the command prompt ) to show me the
> > unallocated space  and partition it .
> >
> > I could see the unallocated free space when I run KDE hardware browser .
> >
> > I could find the GUI disk druid too .
> >
> > So How do I partition the unused free space for my red hat 8.0 .
> >
> > Which utility do I use ?
> >
> > When ever  I use  fdisk , and choose option n ( to add a partition ) , it
> > gives an error message saying that I need extended partition or I need to
> > delete old partition to create a new one .
> >
> > But I have 40 GB of un used space on my hard drive.
> >
> > Please advice .
> >
> > Thank you for your help in advance .
> >
> > cheers,
> > bj
> 
> Run
> 
>   fdisk -l /dev/hda
> 
> and let us see what it says.
> 
> Cheers,
> --
> Bob McClure, Jr.



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