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minutrice · 05-29-2002, 02:40 AM

Ok I have a 10gig hd in this computer and left about 4.5 gigs of free space just incase I decided to do a dualboot with windows. Well I don't think I will do that so I want to make that 4.5 gigs more space in linux.

I went to konsole and typed fdisk /dev/hda.
Then I typed print and it showed 3 partitions
Next I n for add a new partition and when prompted I put e for extended and it asked for the partition number and I told it 4. Is this right? Should it have been a primary? Now how do I access that partition. What would it be called or how do I name it. I still don't know crap about the linux filesystem so I'm pretty lost.

Thanks,

Josh

05-29-2002, 02:40 AM	#1
minutrice Member (8 bit) Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 156	adding a new linux partition Ok I have a 10gig hd in this computer and left about 4.5 gigs of free space just incase I decided to do a dualboot with windows. Well I don't think I will do that so I want to make that 4.5 gigs more space in linux. I went to konsole and typed fdisk /dev/hda. Then I typed print and it showed 3 partitions Next I n for add a new partition and when prompted I put e for extended and it asked for the partition number and I told it 4. Is this right? Should it have been a primary? Now how do I access that partition. What would it be called or how do I name it. I still don't know crap about the linux filesystem so I'm pretty lost. Thanks, Josh