Dave, Try this: 1. Install GParted: sudo apt-get install gparted 2. Run System > Administration > Gnome Partition Editor. 3. Select your extended partition and create a new partition inside it. Scott On 9/26/06, Dave M <<a href="mailto:DaveM@mich.com">DaveM@mich.com</a>> wrote: > I am a windows user, new to Linux/Ubuntu. My plan is to migrate to Ubuntu > if I can. > > I installed V6.06 and partitioned my 120Gb IDE drive with 8Gb for \ and 2Gb > for swap. I set the remainder of the space (~101Gb) as an extended partition. > > After booting and updating Ubuntu, I tried to access the extended > partition. It looks like the installer did not format that partition. > > So I clicked on "System-Administration-Disks" and selected "Partitions-Free > Space" which I assume is the extended partition. It shows "Free Space not > partitioned" and shows 101.39Gb not avalable. > > But the buttons "Create" and "Delete" are grayed out. So how do I go about > formatting the extended partition? > > ------------------------------- > Dave M > Davem (at) Mich (dot) Com > Ann Arbor, Mich. USA > > Endangered electronic species: <a href="http://www.eff.org/endangered/list.php">http://www.eff.org/endangered/list.php </a> > "The 'Analog Holes' they want to stop up are our eyes, ears and mouths." > > > -- > ubuntu-users mailing list > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com </a> > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> > -- ===Scott Severance=== Website: <a href="http://www.scottseverance.us"> http://www.scottseverance.us</a> Blog: <a href="http://blog.scottseverance.us">http://blog.scottseverance.us</a> Phone: (903) 665-0222 Check out the Sermon Illustration Library: <a href="http://www.sermonillustrationlibrary.org"> http://www.sermonillustrationlibrary.org</a>