On Sun, 2010-05-23 at 12:00 +0100, Alan Pope <a...@popey.com> wrote: > On 23 May 2010 08:57, Rowan Berkeley <rowan.berke...@googlemail.com> > wrote: > > boot volume, 22.5GB. So I emailed them to ask what this was. > > However, even if it turns out to be genuine idle space that I could > > bring into use, merging it with the volume that is configured for > > user files (now about two-thirds full), as opposed to merging it > > with the volume configured for operating system use, might be > > difficult. > We can take a look at that. Can you paste the output of the following > command:- > sudo fdisk -l > Where that's a lower case L at the end. This will simply list out the > partitions on your system. Cheers, Al.
Al, I can't paste from the terminal, but I have copied what it says, adding dots to make sure the tabulation stays straight: Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0xd968820c Device.....Boot...Start...End....Blocks......Id..System /dev/sda1....*.......1....2918....23438803+..83..Linux /dev/sda2.........2919....5836....23438835...83..Linux /dev/sda3.........5837....6322.....3903795...82..Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda4.........6323...30401...193414567+...5..Extended /dev/sda5.........6323...30401...193414536...83..Linux best, R -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/