On 26/11/06, Adam Trickett <adam.trickett@???> wrote:
> On Sunday 26 November 2006 19:33, Adrian Bridgett wrote:
> >
> > > Below is the result of running sfdisk -l /dev/sda from the Ubuntu CD
> > > Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System
> > > /dev/sda1 0+ 1033 1034- 8305573+ 12 Compaq diagnostics
> > > /dev/sda2 * 1034 8328 7295 58597087+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
> > > /dev/sda3 8329 14592 6264 50315580 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
> > > /dev/sda4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
> > > /dev/sda5 8329+ 14592 6264- 50315548+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
> >
> > How odd - a 4th partition which is empty - not seen that before. You
> > should just be able to shrink sda2 and/or sda5 down in size, then use
> > the freed up space.
>
> Isn't what they have done is create an extended partition in slot three, then
> put a logical partition in it, but as logical partitions start at 5, you are
> left with an empty, i.e. non-existent 4?
>
> --
> Adam Trickett
If I use fdisk -l (not sfdisk)
/dev/sd4 does not show at all.
Clive Woodfine
