From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Hienl-00030A-LW for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 22:57:02 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l3UMtlt5024333; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 22:55:47 GMT Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.242]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l3UMpFNh019388 for ; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 22:51:15 GMT Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id b8so1418581ana for ; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:51:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=twEmir0YSgET4IXzVmch9VBNS5HU5YBVmcRGMFBYaK0WRtm4VoQzg7V2XS09uBMWzugvyVuEeDRbUVXAXRTPNqhMaoJZQQviyo95LOg8BB/E/MYPoTLT6vXoW0CewIM3jjN5g+ji7K6Z/h3DRvFIF6vXgapW5c1tZOuWDzG0mjw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=NxbkKx58wvqhAFIW9Hggt4ymdrDiq488CP1jvGNBOUAiR3DUSHlEYZI2ev4Zdm8oG7JYQAhLtw4uXff2MbsSn6eJcC64tPdoqT4DHAKTkTnqA/yYHdTkW6FbAcjcfzsX8ZUS9pEDUb0Lb8N6DoZhAFPiTRWkyVLjoQadezAUFLQ= Received: by 10.101.69.4 with SMTP id w4mr4536901ank.1177973475010; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:51:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.47.10 with HTTP; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:51:14 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:51:14 +0100 From: "Stuart Howard" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Disk partition query In-Reply-To: <200704301229.49246.alan@linuxholdings.co.za> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200704301229.49246.alan@linuxholdings.co.za> X-Archives-Salt: 206e4f69-9e1d-4309-90a8-fb7acd148979 X-Archives-Hash: 0d0d5502327a0df4023a5bdfbe25938d I went brave and tried Alans method, I wanted a tidy disk :) Not to worry but for me [dont know my error ] it did not work and killed my XP install, so reverted back to method A essentially and reinstalled wingaming XP so all is fine now. I shall consider it a lesson to remember to save! up on primary partitions next time. Thanks all for trying. stu On 30/04/07, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Monday 30 April 2007, Stuart Howard wrote: > > I have made an annoying error when setting up my new computer. > > I installed Gentoo then winXP and made it dual boot, all of which has > > gone fine however when I did this I partitioned my disk as shown the > > theory being that I would assign space as required after all > > installation. Unfortunatly I made the 4 partitions all primary! and > > now I cannot make more partitions to consume the extra space. > > Easy. Use fdisk, and write down the start and end cylinders of the 4th > partition. > > Then delete it. > > Yes, delete it. No, I'm not tricking you. > > Now create an extended partition using all available cylinders, and > create a logical partition with the same start and end cylinders as the > original one you deleted. > > Save, quit, reboot > > alan > > > -- > Optimists say the glass is half full, > Pessimists say the glass is half empty, > Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? > > Alan McKinnon > alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za > +27 82, double three seven, one nine three five > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- "There are 10 types of people in this world: those who understand binary, those who don't" --Unknown -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list