Re: utilizing unpartitioned space

[Sanjay Gupta <sanjay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi !
thanx for the help extended. I tried the same but it didnt worked
it seems to me that the extended partition is the one in which all the
ext2 partition are logically placed.

How abt adding a new hard disk to the current system
how to make new filesystem on new harddisk and format and mount them.

Sanjay
Lokesh Setia wrote:

> >>>>> "Sanjay" == Sanjay Gupta <sanjay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>     Sanjay> Hi !  I have some unpartitioned space which linux using
>     Sanjay> "fdisk -ul" is showing as /dev/sd2 type ext2.
>
> You probably mean "unused space".  Since it shows up in fdisk, it is
> already partitioned.
>
>     Sanjay> Now I want to make it a partition and use that space by
>     Sanjay> mounting it to some directory say /home2
>
> First check whether it already has a filesystem (i.e. is formatted) or not:
>
> # mkdir /mnt/tmp
> # mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/tmp
>
> If mount succeeds then it is already formatted.  It might as well
> contain some data.
>
> Else format it with the command:
> # /sbin/mkfs.ext2 /dev/sda2
>
> Read your typed command before you press enter.  A small typo and you
> could regret it for some time.
>
> Now your filesystem is ready to be mounted! Add the following line to
> /etc/fstab:
>
> /dev/sda2 /home2 ext2 defaults 1 2
>
> Create the directory /home2 and give the command
> # mount /home2
>
> Hope that works,
> Lokesh Setia.
>
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