[NBLUG/talk] extended fs

[Lincoln Peters]

On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 15:57 -0700, Caven Marilyn-MGIA4523 wrote:
> 
> Being fairly new to Linux I have some very basic questions.  If this is not the place to ask, please point me in the proper directions.  Thanks.

This is the correct place to ask.

> 
> If I have a working Fedore Core 1 system can I create a new (extended) partition without hosing the OS?  Would I use the mke2fs?  This system only has a /root /boot and /swap filesystems on hda1 hda2 and hda3.

Is there free, unpartitioned space on your hard disk (or a partition
that you aren't using)?  If so, you can create a new partition there
using fdisk (or a more user-friendly variant such as cfdisk), and then
create an ext2 filesystem using the mke2fs command.

If your hard disk has no unpartitioned space in which you can create a
new partition, you'll have to shrink one or more of the existing
partitions to make room for it.  However, unless you have the
appropriate software (e.g. PartitionMagic, a commercial application),
the contents of any partitions so modified will be DELETED.  It might
actually be cheaper to get a second hard disk.

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Lincoln Peters
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