[TriLUG] Creating a new partition

Mike M linux-support at earthlink.net
Mon Jan 26 06:00:38 EST 2004


On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 11:48:22AM -0500, Jason Tower wrote:
> try running fdisk as root rather than normal user (K-->knoppix-->root 
> shell)

You're laughing at me, aren't you?

Thanks.
> 
> jason
> 
> On Monday 26 January 2004 05:45, Mike M wrote:
> > My laptop has /dev/hda1 (windoz), /dev/hda5 (Linux), and /dev/hda6
> > (Linux swap), and 20GB unpartitioned.
> >
> > knoppix at edison:~$ cat /proc/partitions
> > major minor  #blocks  name
> >
> >   3     0   58605120 hda
> >   3     1   12610993 hda1
> >   3     2          1 hda2
> >   3     5   19535008 hda5
> >   3     6     497983 hda6
> >
> > I want to create a FAT32 partition in the unpartitioned part of the
> > disk.
> >
> > I though I'd use fdisk but I get this:
> >
> > knoppix at edison:~$ fdisk /dev/hda
> >
> > Unable to open /dev/hda
> >
> > Googling is not helping much.  Any hint appreciated. Thanks.
> >
> > Mike
> 
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