Re: Backup to dvd
On Mon, 25 Oct 2004, David Berg wrote:
> > >either since I plan on doing it shortly (only using half of harddrive
> > >and fdisk for some reason won't let me put a partition on the rest)
> >
> > Did you by any chance create 4 primary partitions of which none is
> > extended? If so then you should be able to fix the problem by deleting
> > the swap partition and creating an extended partition. Having done
> > that, you can create an unlimited number of "logical" partitions
> > (including a new swap partition).
> >
> No, I've used computers long enough to know better than that. Partition
> table copied from fdisk:
>
> Disk /dev/hda: 20.4 GB, 20490559488 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2491 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 1 31 248976 83 Linux
> /dev/hda2 32 39 64260 82 Linux swap
> /dev/hda3 40 511 3791340 83 Linux
> /dev/hda4 512 1138 5036377+ 5 Extended
> /dev/hda5 512 894 3076416 83 Linux
> /dev/hda6 895 1016 979933+ 83 Linux
> /dev/hda7 1017 1138 979933+ 83 Linux
>
> Try to create a new sector and it returns:
> No free sectors available
This is not because the partition table is full (you're correct, an extended
partition holds up to 16 sub-partitions, and you can have more than one
extended partition in Linux at least... DOS won't like it).
HOWEVER, your extended partition might be full. If it is, just extend it, it
won't bother the sub-partitions.
See if gnu parted can't fix it, it probably can. But be careful.
--
"One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
Henrique Holschuh
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