Interesting...I don't recall seeing that as an option when I set this
disk up. (Oh...did I mention that I was the one who partitioned the
drive? <G>)
On Thu, 21 Dec 2000 17:28:18 -0500, Fred Edmister wrote:
> From my experience, the +'s mean that when the system was
>configured, those partitions were set to expand to fill the disk should
>there be any room left... I have one partition set on my servers to
>expand, I'm not sure what the details are on the expansion... (wether it
>only expands as needed or just when there is extra space, it automatically
>claims it.. ) Hope this helps.
>
> Fred
>
>At 05:23 PM 12/21/00 -0500, you wrote:
>>One of my customers asked me this question, today, and I really didn't
>>have an answer...since the same phenomenon appears on my systems, I assume
>>them to be normal.
>>
>>However...here it is. If anyone has an answer, I'd sure love to hear it:
>>
>>-------------------------------------------
>>
>>Here is a capture of 'fdisk' for the boot drive on the front end
>>machine...
>>
>>Disk /dev/hda: 16 heads, 63 sectors, 1652 cylinders
>>Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes
>>
>> Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
>>/dev/hda1 1 1 712 358816+ 83 Linux native
>>/dev/hda2 713 713 916 102816 83 Linux native
>>/dev/hda3 917 917 1170 128016 82 Linux swap
>>/dev/hda4 1024 1171 1652 242928 5 Extended
>>/dev/hda5 1024 1171 1424 127984+ 82 Linux swap
>>/dev/hda6 1024 1425 1652 114880+ 82 Linux swap
>>
>>My question is about the "+" signs that appear in the Blocks column
>>for hda1 hda5 and hda6. What's that mean?
>>
>>
>>
>>
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