extended / logical partition

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----- Original Message -----
From: "JCA" <auji at cruzio.com>
To: <pasmith at wbmpl.com.au>
Cc: "General Red Hat Linux discussion list" <redhat-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 5:49 AM
Subject: Re: extended / logical partition


> Thanks,
> I need PartitionMagic for my brain.  The missing 19G is in /dev/hda1
> which I zero'ed out and not where I assumed it was.  Note to self: Never
> assume without opening your eyes.
>
>
>
> >Hi Jim,
> >
> >An extended partition is just a container for logical partitions.
> >
> >If your existing logical partition does not use all the extended
partition,
> >you can create and format a second logical partition in the unused space.
> >
> >Otherwise you will need to shrink your existing logical partition first -
> >google for PartitionMagic for example.
> >
> >See http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO/Large-Disk-HOWTO.html for
> >information about disk partitions.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Peter
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com
> >[mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of JCA
> >Sent: Tuesday, 11 May 2004 3:00 AM
> >To: redhat-list at redhat.com
> >Subject: extended / logical partition
> >
> >
> >Hello,
> >
> >I have an extended partition that I'd like to reformat for linux, but
> >don't want to loose the logical partition it contains.  With fdisk I
> >need to delete it first, but then I loose the logical partition.
> >Am I missing something?
> >
> >It it possible to format the extended without loosing the logical
partition?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Jim
> >
> >
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