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On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 10:31:13 +0100, Eduardo Silva wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# fdisk -l
>
> Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 2432 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 * 1 510 4096543+ b Win95 FAT32
> /dev/hda2 1276 1288 104422+ 83 Linux
> /dev/hda3 1289 2367 8667067+ 83 Linux
> /dev/hda4 2368 2432 522112+ f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
> /dev/hda5 2368 2432 522081 82 Linux swap
>
> So you see, I have sectors (or cylinders, I never remember how it is)
> 511 to 1275 not assigned to any partition.
>
> I tried partitionin with fdisk /dev/hda:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# fdisk /dev/hda
>
> The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 2432.
> There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
> and could in certain setups cause problems with:
> 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)
> 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
> (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
>
> Command (m for help): n
> No free sectors available
>
> No dice, it doesn't see the free sectors. Why? How can I reclaim the 6GB?
>
> Should I re-install (not a very promising outlook for me :-( ).
You have already occupied too many primary and extended partitions
in your partition table. You cannot create a new one. And those
sectors are outside the only extended partition. Your mistake upon
initial partitioning was to create too many primary partitions. I
would have partitioned like this:
/dev/hda1 - primary (FAT32)
/dev/hda2 - extended
/dev/hda5 - logical (Linux)
/dev/hda6 - logical (Linux)
/dev/hda7 - logical (Linux swap)
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