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fc5pjs
19th September 2006, 03:02 PM
Hi,
Need help on how to partition hard disk so that i can install sun os, currently i am running FC5 in 20gb space out of 200gb. Following is the output of parted:

[root@localhost ~]# /sbin/parted
GNU Parted 1.6.25
Copyright (C) 1998 - 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

Using /dev/sda
(parted) print
Disk geometry for /dev/sda: 0kB - 200GB
Disk label type: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 32kB 21GB 21GB primary ext3 boot
2 21GB 200GB 179GB primary lvm
(parted) q
Information: Don't forget to update /etc/fstab, if necessary.

[root@localhost ~]# exit
logout

[pjsuresh@localhost ~]$


Following is the output of fdisk -l:

Disk /dev/sda: 200.0 GB, 200049647616 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 2550 20482843+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 2551 24321 174875557+ 8e Linux LVM

Disk /dev/dm-0: 1979 MB, 1979711488 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 240 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Disk /dev/dm-0 doesn't contain a valid partition table

please help

--FC5pjs