How can I add another Logical drive to the exsisting extended. (when I try fdisk /dev/hda it gives options to create primary only)

Post your partition information i.e. the output of "fdisk -l" command

While we are waiting for fdisk -l, note that sometimes the extended partition ends before the end of the disk. I had this happen recently and had to resize the extended partition---I think I used GParted or QTParted.

I don't know how mine got that way--or how to use fdisk to avoid it. (I WANT TO FIND OUT, but I keep sidetracking.... )

ok her goes


Disk /dev/hda: 41.1 GB, 41110142976 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4998 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 1275 10241406 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2 1276 4997 29896965 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda3 4998 4998 8032+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda5 1276 2550 10241406 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda6 2551 3825 10241406 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda7 3826 3921 771088+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda8 3922 4431 4096543+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda9 4432 4558 1020096 83 Linux
/dev/hda10 4559 4654 771088+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda11 4655 4750 771088+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda12 4751 4846 771088+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda13 4847 4871 200781 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda14 4872 4884 104391 b W95 FAT32
/dev/hda15 4885 4897 104391 83 Linux
/dev/hda16 4898 4910 104391 83 Linux



Correct me if Im wrong. It seems that size of the extended partition is automatically set after setting the space allocations for the logical drives at the time of linux installation. Extended will have the total of all logicals. Then there after we can't crate more logicals in the extended using fdisk, without deleting an exsisting logical to free some space.

You have 87 free blocks in the extended partition so you should be able to create another logical partition. In theory you should be able to create 64 partitions on an IDE drive. You do not have any free space to create a primary partition.

Umm...I think there are 87 **cylinders** left. Each cylinder is 8+ MB, giving a total of 700+ MB (70 blocks).

Since 700MB is not useful for much except swap space, I would call this disk full...Time to delete some things--or buy another drive.

blocks, cylinders..... whatever. I was still asleep this morning....

It's called "sleep-posting". I have done it often--even while awake...

OK got it 700MB free in extended. But how did you say 70 blocks?

Your extended partition is from cylinders 1276 to 4997. Your last logical (hda16)ends at 4910 so you have 4997-4910=87 cylinders unallocated.

OOOOOOOOOOOPPPSSS!!!
A "block" is typically 1KBytes (actually 1024 Bytes = 2 sectors)

So ~700MB is ~700K blocks
That's of course what I MEANT to say........

Ok got it THANKS A LOT :-)