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  1. 06-15-2007 #1
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    What is an unknown partition??PLease help fast

    I am going to install kubuntu 7.0 on my pc.
    I have a 80gb hard disk which already has two FAt32 partitions
    and a NTFS partition for my windows XP sp2.
    THis is the result of sudo fdisk -l command-
    Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80060424192 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9733 cylinders
    Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

    Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
    /dev/sda1 * 1 2531 20330226 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
    /dev/sda2 2532 8759 50026410 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
    /dev/sda3 8760 9732 7815622+ 77 Unknown
    /dev/sda5 2532 5081 20482843+ b W95 FAT32
    /dev/sda6 5082 8759 29543503+ 7 HPFS/NTFS

    What is the 8Gb unknown partition?It is a healthy one as per disk management in windows/
    Does it have something to do with windows?
    can I install linux on that partition without affecting my windows xp??PLease help me.
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    What is the 8Gb unknown partition?It is a healthy one as per disk management in windows/
    Does it have something to do with windows?
    can I install linux on that partition without affecting my windows xp?
    did you create that partition yourself? ID 77 means, its a VNDI partition and used by Novell only.
    delete this partition and install Linux in it.
    It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
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    No I did not create the partition.My assembled pc was prepartitioned.Thanks a lot for all the help you have given to me.
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