Sorry for cross-posting but this is probably where I should post in the first place.

System: Dell 400SC.
Disk: Seagate 300GB ATA (ST3300831A), using onboard IDE.

I just installed the new disk and allocated 100GB NTFS in Windows XP Pro,
Computer Management shows this in XP:
jiki.pbase.com/u26/taochen/upload/43368325.disks.jpg
(newbie not allowed to post URL)

Boot into Ubuntu with Live CD 5.04, I want to create a Linux partition for the rest 200GB free space, however, fdisk sees the disk is fully used:

======== screen log ========

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/hda: 300.0 GB, 300069052416 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 36481 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 36481 293033601 42 SFS

Command (m for help): n
Command action
e extended
p primary partition (1-4)
p
Partition number (1-4): 2
No free sectors available

======== end of screen log ========

Is this a kown issue or do I miss anything?

I want to do a 'dd' backup of the other disk to the new partition.
Don't have Linux installed on this system and don't plan to.
If this is a kown issue, do you know any _live_ CD may have a working fdisk?

I burned a Knoppix CD with the lastest version, but the box doesn't recognize it's a bootable CD, guess I need to reburn with another CDR.

Thanks in advance.

Tao

293036184 = 300069052416 / 1024, according to fdisk, your first partition there is actually using the entire volume.

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 36481 293033601 42 SFS

Although its a little odd that it starts on 36k, but that's probably some oddity with huge disk boondogling, but its more or less all accounted for. I have to admit novicehood on what SFS is, but it might have a file system limitation size issue, so even though you've given it a 300Gb part it might only be reporting 100 or so.

Fdisk's size limitation is either 1.2Tb or 2Tb, can't remember which, so 300Gig is no sweat.

Cheers,

Finegan

Oh wait... duh, I forgot I was coming here because this was a double post. Bad, wrong, evil!!!!

I'll subscribe to the other so just reply there if you need to.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=323551

Cheers,

Finegan