how to create an extended partition ?

[anatak]

hello

here is my partition table

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 1275 10241406 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2 1276 1336 489982+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda3 1337 2430 8787555 5 Extended
/dev/hda4 2431 3705 10241437+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda5 1337 1397 489951 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 1398 1883 3903763+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda7 1884 2126 1951866 83 Linux
/dev/hda8 2127 2369 1951866 83 Linux
/dev/hda9 2370 2430 489951 82 Linux swap / Solaris


I still have 27 GB free
I can't seem to find out how to create a new partition for those 27GB.

In GParted I see the 27 GB but I can not create a partition for it.
when I click new I get the error
It is not possible to create more than 4 primary partitions
you should create an extended partition
it might be necessary to remove a primary partition first

I tried removing partition 4 but I can not create an exended partition.

any help is greatly appreciated

anatak

[Agent-X]

/dev/hda3 1337 2430 8787555 5 Extended

That is your extended partition.
Create a logical partition under that.

[anatak]

well I realised I made a mistake with the partitions so I reinstalled debian
I did not have enought space on my temp and since I did not do anything with my debian I figured reinstalling was going to solve all the problems at once
thank you for you help
anatak