On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:20:36 -0400 (EDT), Stephen Powell wrote: > On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:12:49 -0400 (EDT), Aioanei Rares wrote: >> >> Hi all, I have a HDD (the only one, in fact) with the following layout , >> as reported by df : >> >> /dev/sda2 99G 886M 93G 1% / >> /dev/sda1 2.0G 170M 1.8G 9% /boot >> /dev/sda5 345G 232G 96G 71% /home >> /dev/sda8 29G 172M 27G 1% /tmp >> /dev/sda6 59G 5.2G 54G 9% /usr >> /dev/sda7 20G 3.1G 17G 16% /var
I just noticed something else. /dev/sda1 is mapped to "/boot" and /dev/sda2 is mapped to "/". That means that they are both primary partitions, since an extended partition cannot be directly used. Apparently, there is a "lurker" partition, /dev/sda3, which is not present in the above list, which is the extended partition. That means that you can create a primary partition as /dev/sda4, if there is free space outside the extended partition, or a logical partition as /dev/sda9, if there is free space within the extended partition. Some partition management programs automatically extend the extended partition to cover the new logical drive if you try to add a new logical drive outside the existing extended partition. Others may require you to increase the size of the extended partition first, then create the new logical drive within the free space within the extended partition. It depends on what tools you are using. Maybe that is the question you were trying to ask. -- .''`. Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com> : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1630028863.19771301268837298983.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com