creating another partition

[icedtea]

guys m using slack 10.2... i have i think 50G more on my HD.. how could i create another partition? ( il make this for my backup files)


thanks in advance..

[Dapper Dan]

QTParted should be able to do what you want.

[icedtea]

Qparted? is that an application>? isn't dat i can make it using fdisk or cfdisk? i just dnt know the procedure..

[Dapper Dan]

It may already be in your menu. If not...
http://www.linuxpackages.net/search_...arted&ver=10.2

[icedtea]

hmm like partition magic in wndows.. hmm but wat if i want to use fdsk or cfdsk.. do u know how>>

[onlinebacon]

fdisk, and cfdisk, are totally different apps. Fdisk is a bit more difficult, but cfdisk isn't that easy if you dont like cli. Try googling a fdisk guide.

[Game master pro]

where is the drive?

hda hdb hdc or hdd

when you know that go

cfdisk /dev/hdX

x as the letter (as root)

go to free space, then [New], logical, select size, then something else (i cant remember), it should be type "Linux" by default, this is good, but if your using it as storage for windows and linux, you might want to go to [Type] and change it, look for the partition type you want and look at the numbee next to it, e.g. W95 FAT32 is 0b so you press a key and type 0b then enter. Make sure its not marked as boot, (not a * under boot table) then go to [Write] press enter, type "yes" wait till it says "Wrote partition table" go to [Quit].

whola

This is just an example, don't follow it word to word

[icedtea]

its on hdc... so should it be.. cfdisk /dev/hdc ? then il choose logical and so on?