Simon, what do you see when you run fdisk (Linux fdisk, NOT Dos/Win)?
You may be mounting the logical volumes instead of the partitions. If you
make Extended Partitions instead of multiple primary partitions, you must
mount the correct partitions, not just the logical volume.
For instance, instead of mounting /dev/hdb5, you might have to mount
/dev/hdb8 or something. In Linux, type "fdisk /dev/hdX" (where X is the
drive in question) and then type p to print the partition list. You are
probably going to see quite a few more "paritiions" than you thought you
created.
It's been quite a while since I've encountered this problem personally, so
my brain is a little fuzzy. Hope it helps, and I apologize in advance if
this is totally confusing/totally wrong. :>)
Doug Apel
Sr. Network Administrator
Omnipoint Technologies, Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-----Original Message-----
From: Simon Gendreau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 12:42 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; linux-config
Subject: Re: No space left .. new HD ??
Thanks for your help ...
I have simply used the utility called Disk Manager which is the tool
provided
by Quantum that can partition a HD greater than 8gigd for my old P200 pro
(Dell
Dimension). Per quantum docs, this is the only utility that can do the work
for
machines with bios that can't support HD bigger than 8gigs.
This utility did to following:
- Told me if the bios is compatible with the hd,
- In my case, not compatible, so it told me to move it from hdc to hdb ,
which
I did,
- Re-Started Win98 and I have been ask if it could install a special driver
which would enable >8gigs disks connection. Done
- Opened up an interface to partition with either FAT16 or FAT32.
- I choosed FAT32 (for all) to make partition greater than 2gigs.
- Created 4 partitions : ~ 6gigs - 3gigs - 3gigs - 1gig
-Restarted windows.
-Explorer than ended up with 5 new drives:
D: (unreadable) <--- strange isn't it ?
E: (6gigs)
F: (3gigs)
G: (1gig)
H: (3gigs)
Bear in mind that the only objective is to have partitions larger than FAT16
-2gigs limit and also being able to READ-WRITE to these partitions when
running
Win98 and Linux ......
So if other partitioning solutions can be applied, I am flexible.
Thanks again !
Ramana Tadepalli wrote:
> the hd brand does not matter
> send me info about what you did with the win partitioning and in what
order
> did you do so. I couldn't get a clear idea. I can help you if I have some
> more info
>
> Simon Gendreau wrote:
>
> > I just bought a brand new HD - Quantum Fireball CX 13g for my
> > Win98/Linux box.
> >
> > I have installed/partitioned it under Win98 has FAT32 partitions (4
> > partitions) using Quantum Disk Manager Utility because my bios is too
> > old and it can't support more than 8 gigs disk.
> >
> > I have ( I guess ..) successfully mounted these drives under linux
> > (mount -t vfat /dev/hdbX /ppro/pX).
> >
> > When I do a df, the result is as follow ( ref. available = 0 for all ?)
> > :
> > Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
> > /dev/hda5 913063 431568 434323 50% /
> > /dev/hdb5 5852244 5852244 0 100% /ppro/p1
> > /dev/hdb6 2926096 2926096 0 100% /ppro/p2
> > /dev/hdb7 2926096 2926096 0 100% /ppro/p3
> >
> > And I can't create directory due to "no space left on device" error
> >
> > What could solve this problem ?
--
Simon Gendreau
Pratt & Whitney Canada
Ext: 7-3152
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
eFax: (508) 632-0747
