Add a partiton, simple procedure?

d-kam · #1 27th July 2005, 06:18 PM

Hello all. I have been running out of space on my Linux partition and wanted to add some more. I have formatted about 10gigs in Ext3 on the same disk (which used to be allocated to XP) and simply want to mount it as an additional partition in Fedora Core 4. I don't feel brave enough at the moment to resize the original partiton. Having resized the partiton I know want it to be recognised in FC4 and be able to use it. My questions are:

1: How do I mount this?
2: Where would be the best place to have this additional space allocated (it will be for program data such as Neverwinter Nights (over 4 gig)?

If anyone can help I'd be very grateful.

Many thanks,

Dan.

d-kam · #2 27th July 2005, 06:48 PM

Another question, why am I getting this message in terminal?

Code:

[root@localhost /]# fdisk -lu /dev/hda | grep NTFS
bash: fdisk: command not found

I mean, it seems absurb....

Many thanks

Dan

markkuk · #3 27th July 2005, 07:03 PM

Use "su -" instead of "su" to change to root.

d-kam · #4 27th July 2005, 07:03 PM

OK, figured out the bash error, had to log-in to root completely, not just su in the terminal. I have already mounted NTFS and FAT32 partitons so I am not unfamilair with fstab etc. I just don't want to mess-up the configuration. Thanks.

Dan.

duvalgo · #5 27th July 2005, 07:04 PM

fdisk is in your /sbin which is not on your path. If you don't feel like adding it to your path, just run /sbin/fdisk. If you want it on your path, add it to .bash_profile in your ~/ and where it says PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin , change this to say PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin (/usr/sbin might contain some other usful tools for adding groups and users). You may have to log in and out to get /sbin added the the path. Of cource there are lots of other ways to change the profile...

duvalgo · #6 27th July 2005, 07:05 PM

Do that if you don't want to become root

mjman · #7 27th July 2005, 07:47 PM

mm, actually you still cannot use fdisk as an unprivileged user. the best thing is to use su - instead of su

Anyways, to mount the partition, use the following command as root

Code:

mount <partition> <mount-point>

also look into /etc/fstab if you want to have it automount at boot time.
Feel free to mount it wherever you wish, just don't mount it over a directory with data in it.