From: SVisor <svisor@lycos.com>
To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: How to add a new partition to an existing Red HAT 8
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 16:20:19 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <cva9le$vvl$1@sea.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <000701c516f7$582637c0$0db3fea9@kath.state.gov>
bj wrote:
...
> 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.
You can only have 4 partitions per disk. If you want more than that, you
need to make one of them extended (and yes you will loose all data on
that partition).
// Jarmo
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-02-20 15:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-02-20 2:53 How to add a new partition to an existing Red HAT 8 bj
2005-02-20 15:20 ` SVisor [this message]
2005-02-20 15:34 ` Ray Olszewski
2005-02-20 15:56 ` Jim Nelson
2005-02-20 16:33 ` Ray Olszewski
2005-02-20 15:55 ` bj
2005-02-20 15:50 ` Jim Nelson
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