partitions ? &
 

hello iv just go myself a "system rescue cd" and it is telling me my harddrive looks like this
"device" " size" " type" "mount" " start" " end" "used" " label"
"/dev/hda" "55.9GB" " ST360012A " " 0" "116300"

"/dev/hda1" "157.0mb" "linux" * " 0 " " 318 " /boot
native

"/dev/hda2" " 16.5GB" " linux" * " 319 " " 34854" /
native

"/dev/hda3" "996.1mb" " linux" " swap" " 34855" " 36878"
swap

"/dev/hda4" " 16.0GB" " linux" / " 36879" " 70122"
"native"

now on top of this iv got another 22GB of free space which i want to use to install slackware10 but the 22GB is unuseable it would seem i am only alowed to have 4 primary partitions so what do i do ? can i convert one of my partitions in to some thing else i dont even know why it made them all primary positions in the first place i would appreciate as much help as i can get my hands on thank for any replys

god knows why it has just pushed all my work up together like this it took me for ever to type all that

hi there

u have no other option but to delete one of these partions that too the one which is before the fre space

then u need to make an extended partiton, and u can make upto around 15 logical drives in that and use them as u wish

regards

does hda2 have enough free space to copy all of hda4 onto it? you could copy hda4's data into a subdirectory on hda2, then delete hda4 and make a big extended partition.