Partition problem
Karl Larsen
k5di at zianet.com
Sat Oct 25 12:55:54 UTC 2008
Nils Kassube wrote:
> Mario Vukelic wrote:
>
>> So, you first need to shrink the logical partitions and then you
>> can add new logical partitions in the free space inside the extended
>> partition.
>>
>
> I think you missed the problem. The extended partition doesn't use the
> space of the disk to the end. Therefore there is no need to shrink
> existing partitions. If you look at the fdisk output it says there are
> 19457 cylinders while the extended partition ends at 5598. Therefore I
> think it would be sufficient to only resize the extended partition. Then
> there should be plenty of space for new logical partitions. I suppose
> that can be done with fdisk, but as I am not sure (and I don't have a
> spare disk to test it), I can't advise doing it.
>
>
> Nils
>
>
It was tried with parted and it didn't work on an Extended
partition. I will try working from a CD and see if that changes anything.
Karl
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