On Thu, 2012-07-12 at 20:03 +0530, Arun Venkataswamy wrote: > <law...@thenilgiris.com>wrote: > > Total size: > > > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders, total 312581808 > sectors > > > > sda5 partition: > > > /dev/sda5 223236096 312580095 44672000 83 Linux > > > > 312581808-312580095 = 1713 > ~ 1713 X 512 = 877056 bytes = 856.5 k bytes free space? > > Or did I get you wrong? Are you telling that sda5 did not exist > before the > attempt to install Mint?
I need to apologise to the group - when I used to do installations on a daily basis, it was dinned into me that one could have at the most 4 primary partititons, since I have not done this for the past 6-7 years I had forgotten this. I have got it figured out now. Thanks all - I will try again and revert. > > -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
