Help activating available disk space, please.

[Mike McCarty]

Nat Gross wrote:
> Hi;
> When I think of disk partions, I shiverrrrrrrr. BUT, I need to make
> use of disk space I know I have but need to make this safely. Please
> adivse.
> Following, is the result of fdisk -l:
> =======================
> Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> 
>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks        Id       System
> /dev/hda1   *           1          13         104391        83       Linux
> /dev/hda2              14        3837    30716280     83    Linux
> /dev/hda3            9473        9726     2040255     82   Linux swap / Solaris
> /dev/hda4            3838        9472    45263137+   5  Extended
> /dev/hda5            3838        8102    34258581    83   Linux
> 
> Partition table entries are not in disk order
> ==========================================
> [First] Does this mean that I have but one drive? (thought I had two.)

The system is recognizing only one drive. Whether you have two
installed you can tell only by opening up the case.

> Now, based on the following output from df, I *think* that hda4 is
> available for use.

[snip]

No. As you have already found out.

You could get another volume out of hda4 from 8103 through 9472
inclusive, for another 5.6 GIG of space. Would another 5.6 GB
be of much use to you? Perhaps. You also have two cylinders
unallocted.

Mike
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