I'm top posting(to keep in line with the response), but if that is not recommended do inform me.
No, the partition is not alread mounted. And as seen in the copy of cfdisk partition list in my first message, it does not show a partition type. Trying -t auto for mounting gives: mount: you must specify the filesystem type And there are no software raid devices on my system. Regards, /KS --- Steven Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do a df -h and look for hdb10 to make sure it is not > mounted/used. > > The next stage depends on how paranoid you are, at > this point if you are confident its unused you can > make a file system on it. If not mount it and go see > if amything is in it. > > regards > > Steven > > -----Original Message----- > From: [KS] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 20 October 2004 10:24 a.m. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Formatting an unused partition > > > Bonjour tous, > > I have two HDDs (40+80G). The smaller one (/dev/hda) > has WinXP on it(hardly used), and bigger one > (/dev/hdb) has Debian Sid installed. I was checking > free space on /dev/hdb and by chance summed up all > the > partition sizes. I was surprised to see that the sum > was considerably less than 80GB(I didn't even > remember > that it was there). I did a cat /proc/partitions and > it showed that there was an ~18GB partition > (/dev/hdb10). Then I checked with cfdisk and it > showed > the partion as FS=Linux but no type. > > What are the various options that I use to format > that > partion and use it? I did read about cfdisk but I > just > want to make sure that I'm doing the right thing as > it > is being done as root. > > Thanks, > /KS > > PS: The output of cfdisk is copied below: > > Disk Drive: /dev/hdb > Size: 80026361856 bytes, > 80.0 > GB > Heads: 255 Sectors per Track: 63 > Cylinders: 9729 > > Name Flags Part Type FS Type > > [Label] Size (MB) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > hdb1 Boot Primary Linux ext3 > > 197.41 > hdb2 Primary Linux ext3 > > 6999.72 > hdb3 Primary Linux ext3 > > 1998.75 > hdb5 Logical Linux ext3 > > 1998.75 > hdb6 Logical Linux swap > > 1003.49 > hdb7 Logical Linux ext3 > > 501.75 > hdb8 Logical Linux ext3 > > 20003.89 > hdb9 Logical Linux ext3 > > 27003.60 > hdb10 Logical Linux > > 20316.45 > > > > > > > _______________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! > http://vote.yahoo.com > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
