Re: partition problems

[S Ravi Shankar <shankar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Jun 26, 1999 at 05:40:22PM +0530, YL Narayana wrote:
- -> 1. Is there a requirement that the root, swap and /usr partitions should
- -> reside
- -> on the same hard disk?

	No. i have /usr in another hard disk [did'nt try swap in a different
one. but do not see any reason why it should not be able to]

- -> 2. I have a 4.3 GB HD. hda1 is 2GB FAT32. I have an extended parttion
- -> hda2 of 1GB with a logical drive hda5 of 1GB FAT16 occupying the whole
- -> of it.
- -> When I try to create Linux partitions on this disk, I can define any two
- -> partitions of whatever size on hda3 and hda4. Any partition after this fails
- -> with the "Reason undefined." I am using Disk Druid.

	IDE hard disks can have maximum 4 partitions [primary]. to have more
than 4 choose one extended partition and divide it into as many logical
partitions as you want. to do this from linux [ i use fdisk ] do the
following
fdisk
fdisk> delete the logical partition [/dev/hda5] 
fdisk> add as many partitions u want

use 'm' to print the list of commands of fdisk 	
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With Regards,

S Ravi Shankar

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