i have hardisk of 80GB...and while installing Fedora-9 i deleted all the partitions and installed.
but after installing the disk management is only showing 54 GB...
the output of the fdisk -l command is---


Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xb0d8b0d8

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 2612 9728 57167302+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 2612 2742 1052226 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 2743 9728 56115013+ 83 Linux

i am not getting where my 20Gb has gone and also what is dis /dev/sda2 partition

The 20 Gb has not been allocated to any partition so it does not show up when you list the partitions. If you wanted to you could allocate another partition up to 20G in size.

It is a primary partition which is used to hold up to three logical partitions. It is simply an artifact of the way the partitioning scheme has been expanded over the years.

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Steve Stites

Can u tell me how to allocate that 20GB partition....

Use Gparted or the partedmagic CD

Or
#su
#parted /dev/sda
#p
You must make an extra primary partition in the freespace from
13 to 2612 (parted will see it differently)

Better to use a livecd in this case. In general, it is not a good idea to edit a filesystem that is mounted.

i am not geting the procedure that tou hav given...
How to do the partition..i tried the commands that u gave but dint get it..

hey plzzz help me.......nobody here or wat???

Download and burn the gparted livecd. Or install gparted in your distro so you can format while you are using it.

FYI: Your subject mentions "memory", but this topic is about hard disk space. Memory != Disk Space.

Are you sure? Isn't a hard drive persistent memory?

Yes, I'm sure.

+ Memory almost always means RAM, fast, short term non-persistent storage,
+ Hard disk always means slower, long-term persistent storage.

We have distinct words to mean distinct things. It is best to use the word that best fits the topic. I read "memory' in the subject and think RAM, not HD.

Many people make the mistake of calling their HD "memory".

Hey thanx...the problem is fixed....using gparted is very easy...