Thanks Gentleman, I have been picking through the man pages, and your explainations have really pulled it all together about what/how RedHat will do it, and why it keeps moving the /boot to the first partition. I didn't realize the install was the one causing/creating the Extended partition.
A fresh install is really a different matter alltogether compared to an upgrade. :-) Robert Canary wrote: > > Hi, > > I am trying to bring up a new machine. It has two 68G scsi. When I did > an install I let RH Install do its own thing and set the partitions the > way it want to. However, the "/" directory is at 100% full. And now I > have problems. I reboote the machine, but now Xwin will not start, says > it find the fixed fonts, however, I run the XConfigurator and it runs > fine and even starts Xwin. > > But anyway, when I do an fdisk of the sda I see > sda1 = Linux > sda2 = Extended > sda5 = Linux > sda6 = Linux > sda7 = Linux -> 265041 blocks (units= sectors 1 * 512 bytes) > > The install put the sda7 as "/". > > And I have no idea what to do with this LABEL thing in the fstab. That > will another question later. > > Where is sda3 and sda4? > > -- > robert canary > system services > OhioCounty.Net > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (270)298-9331 Office > (270)298-7449 Fax > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- robert canary system services OhioCounty.Net [EMAIL PROTECTED] (270)298-9331 Office (270)298-7449 Fax -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
