Problem description:
I have 2 harddrives and run Linux(RH5.1), NT, and W98 on my computer.Since I
need more space for Linux, I want to devote one of the FAT16 partitions on hda
to Linux.The problem(I think) is that the partition which I want to devote to
Linux is anextended one, and the Linux fdisk tool can't see the logical drives
of the extended partitions.I get the following printout when using fdisk(under
Linux):
Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1024 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 1 246 1975963+ 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M
/dev/hda2 247 247 1229 7895947+ f Unknown
Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(1023, 254, 63) logical=(1228, 254, 63)
The hda, which is FAT16 only, consists of one primary partition(C or hda1) and 4
extended partitions(E, F, G, H or hda2).All 5 partitions are 1930Mb in
size.Linux and NT are both installed on hdb.
I have deleted the H partition(using Partition Magic 3) and tried to add it
under Linux, using fdisk.However, I always got the following message: no free
blocks available.
I also tried using cfdisk, and I get the following right after typing the cfdisk
command:
FATAL ERROR: Bad primary partition
Press any key to exit fdisk
I have a modern hardware setup and never experienced any problems:
P2 350Mhz/256MB RAM
hda is a 10.1GB IBM
hdb is a 6.4GB Quantum
Is anybody able to explain what m I doing wrong, or what I need to do in order
to get more space for Linux?
Thanks in advance, Dawid
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