RE: Formatting an unused partition

From: Steven Jones (Steven.Jones_at_vuw.ac.nz)
Date: 10/20/04

  • Next message: Steven Jones: "RE: Formatting an unused partition" 
    Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 11:11:43 +1300
To: "[KS]" <boneywasawarriorvayayix@yahoo.com>, <debian-user@lists.debian.org>

    Do a df -h and look for hdb10 to make sure it is not mounted/used.

    The next stage depends on how paranoid you are, at this point if you are confident its unused you can make a file system on it. If not mount it and go see if amything is in it.

    regards

    Steven

    -----Original Message-----
    From: [KS] [mailto:boneywasawarriorvayayix@yahoo.com]
    Sent: Wednesday, 20 October 2004 10:24 a.m.
    To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
    Subject: Formatting an unused partition

    Bonjour tous,

    I have two HDDs (40+80G). The smaller one (/dev/hda)
    has WinXP on it(hardly used), and bigger one
    (/dev/hdb) has Debian Sid installed. I was checking
    free space on /dev/hdb and by chance summed up all the
    partition sizes. I was surprised to see that the sum
    was considerably less than 80GB(I didn't even remember
    that it was there). I did a cat /proc/partitions and
    it showed that there was an ~18GB partition
    (/dev/hdb10). Then I checked with cfdisk and it showed
    the partion as FS=Linux but no type.

    What are the various options that I use to format that
    partion and use it? I did read about cfdisk but I just
    want to make sure that I'm doing the right thing as it
    is being done as root.

    Thanks,
    /KS

    PS: The output of cfdisk is copied below:

    Disk Drive: /dev/hdb
                            Size: 80026361856 bytes, 80.0
    GB
                  Heads: 255 Sectors per Track: 63
    Cylinders: 9729

        Name Flags Part Type FS Type
    [Label] Size (MB)

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        hdb1 Boot Primary Linux ext3
                      197.41
        hdb2 Primary Linux ext3
                     6999.72
        hdb3 Primary Linux ext3
                     1998.75
        hdb5 Logical Linux ext3
                     1998.75
        hdb6 Logical Linux swap
                     1003.49
        hdb7 Logical Linux ext3
                      501.75
        hdb8 Logical Linux ext3
                    20003.89
        hdb9 Logical Linux ext3
                    27003.60
        hdb10 Logical Linux
                    20316.45

                    
    _______________________________
    Do you Yahoo!?
    Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today!
    http://vote.yahoo.com 

    -- 
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org 
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
  • Next message: Steven Jones: "RE: Formatting an unused partition"

    Relevant Pages

    • Re: What in the heck am I doing wrong? NTFS boot disk
      ... All partitioning formatting tools need to know correct LCHS geometry used by ... BIOS on target computer to map your disk. ... Also you can't partition removable disk from window you can use first ... > It is not possible to get an XPe Boot CD to format a CF disk and make it ...
      (microsoft.public.windowsxp.embedded)
    • Re: external drive, partition not visible
      ... Management, ... partition, and then you should see it in My Computer. ... I know when formatting you lose whatever ... If your operating system is XP Media Center 2005 or Vista Home ...
      (alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt)
    • Re: Can I set up dual boot this way
      ... You mention the upgrade option. ... Is it better to have your program files set up on the xp systems ... partion or on their own partition. ...
      (microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers)
    • Re: Do you consider this software licensing practice ethical? I am furious!
      ... partition, install EQ6, and not use an additional activation. ... Each time formatting is mentioned there is a reference to a partition. ...
      (misc.consumers)
    • Re: PROBLEM INSTALLING XP & PARTITIONING IN SETUP
      ... > went into Disk management I have 166.77g of unallocated space. ... >> installed Windows on that partition, leaving the formatting as it was as ... >> install - with the above mentioned results. ...
      (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)