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I installed Redhat 6.1 on a 40 GB hard disk together with Win98.
fdisk now tells me the following:

Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 4982 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes

   Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *         1       255   2048256    6  FAT16
/dev/hda2           256      4982  37969627+   5  Extended
/dev/hda5           256       258     24066   83  Linux
/dev/hda6           259       324    530113+  82  Linux swap
/dev/hda7           325       707   3076416   83  Linux

#

df:
Filesystem           1k-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda7              3028080    666568   2207692  23% /
/dev/hda5                23302      2655     19444  12% /boot

I remember that I only created a 2GB FAT (Win98 - precautiously instead
of type 0x0f - maybe can convert later), a 16 MB /boot, a 512 MB swap
and a 3GB /root partition in the custom gnome install of Redhat6.1.

Why does fdisk show me the (imo unpartitioned space as a extended
partition of 37969627+   5  Extended

Could it be that the Win98 install did that automatically?

How would I proceed best now without running into danger of
wiping out everything again?

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Quote:> Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 4982 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes

>    Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/hda1   *         1       255   2048256    6  FAT16
> /dev/hda2           256      4982  37969627+   5  Extended
> /dev/hda5           256       258     24066   83  Linux
> /dev/hda6           259       324    530113+  82  Linux swap
> /dev/hda7           325       707   3076416   83  Linux
> Why does fdisk show me the (imo unpartitioned space as a extended
> partition of 37969627+   5  Extended

Your configuration appears reasonable.  Your confusion results from a
poor understanding of the (screwed up) PC partition scheme.  Check out
the following for info:

http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Partition-3.html

Start reading at "The number of partitions on an Intel based system
was limited from the very beginning..."

Collin

:> Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 4982 cylinders
:> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
:>
:>    Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
:> /dev/hda1   *         1       255   2048256    6  FAT16
:> /dev/hda2           256      4982  37969627+   5  Extended
:> /dev/hda5           256       258     24066   83  Linux
:> /dev/hda6           259       324    530113+  82  Linux swap
:> /dev/hda7           325       707   3076416   83  Linux

:> Why does fdisk show me the (imo unpartitioned space as a extended
:> partition of 37969627+   5  Extended

: Your configuration appears reasonable.  Your confusion results from a
: poor understanding of the (screwed up) PC partition scheme.  Check out
: the following for info:

: http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Partition-3.html

: Start reading at "The number of partitions on an Intel based system
: was limited from the very beginning..."

My greatest concern at the moment is whether I can safely use the
linux fdisk (cfdisk is ruled out due to that obscure error)
from the installed RH 6.1 installation (note that my kernel
is already 2.2.14) to assign the rest of the disk (which is
flagged as being an extended partition) to a linux partition.

: Collin

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The structure is:
1-4 primary partitions

or

1-3 primary partitions and an 'extended' partition containing logical
partitions, this is the usual setup and it is what you have.
You are already using some of the space in the extended partition for Linux,
you are perfectly welcome to use the rest as well.  The next partition would
then be /dev/hda8 and could run from 708 to (maximum) 4982

feel free to ring me under 0621 294 4124 until about 15:00

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