RHL 5 Partition Problem

[nazrul4linux]

Hi all,
In my PC , I have two OS winXP and Windows7 and 5 NTFS partitions and 22GB un-partition space for RHL5.
When i am going to create multiple partition(/, /home, /usr) (ext3, swap) that space, show below the error message Even i create first partition size 500MB.
"Error Partitioning
Could not allocate requested partitions: Partitioning failed: Not enough space left to create partition for none"

NB: only one partition can be created.
HDD: 320GB Samsung SATA

Please Help Me!

[nupurrpatel]

Hi all,
In my PC , I have two OS winXP and Windows7 and 5 NTFS partitions and 22GB un-partition space for RHL5.
When i am going to create multiple partition(/, /home, /usr) (ext3, swap) that space, show below the error message Even i create first partition size 500MB.
"Error Partitioning
Could not allocate requested partitions: Partitioning failed: Not enough space left to create partition for none"

NB: only one partition can be created.
HDD: 320GB Samsung SATA

Please Help Me!

Hi...

As I get update from your statement as below

/ - 500MB

If yes, It's error for u have specified 500MB for "/"

[nazrul4linux]

If i create even more than 2GB space of '/' partition as first partition but then i can not able create any more partition even 'swap'.

[devils casper]

Hi and Welcome !

It looks like you have created 4 Primary Partitions or 3 Primary/1 Extended partition already and there is no slot available for new partitions. However, you can create as many Logical Partitions inside Extended partition as you like.

Lets check partition structure of your Hard disk. Boot up from LiveCD of any Linux distro and execute this in Terminal :

sudo fdisk -l

Post output here.
* Its small L in fdisk -l.

If you don't have any LiveCD then I would suggest you download PartedMagic LiveCD. PartedMagic is best for Partition Management and it has a lot of other must have tools.

[nazrul4linux]

Hi and Welcome !

It looks like you have created 4 Primary Partitions or 3 Primary/1 Extended partition already and there is no slot available for new partitions. However, you can create as many Logical Partitions inside Extended partition as you like.

Lets check partition structure of your Hard disk. Boot up from LiveCD of any Linux distro and execute this in Terminal :

sudo fdisk -l

Post output here.
* Its small L in fdisk -l.

If you don't have any LiveCD then I would suggest you download PartedMagic LiveCD. PartedMagic is best for Partition Management and it has a lot of other must have tools.

Hi dear
I have already install RHL5 in just '/' partition without swap because of not allowing multiple partitions.
Now how i can see partition structure?
Is "fdisk -l"?

[oz]

Now how i can see partition structure?
Is "fdisk -l"?

Yes, fdisk -l will show you the partition layout.

[nazrul4linux]

Hi and Welcome !

It looks like you have created 4 Primary Partitions or 3 Primary/1 Extended partition already and there is no slot available for new partitions. However, you can create as many Logical Partitions inside Extended partition as you like.

Lets check partition structure of your Hard disk. Boot up from LiveCD of any Linux distro and execute this in Terminal :

sudo fdisk -l

Post output here.
* Its small L in fdisk -l.

If you don't have any LiveCD then I would suggest you download PartedMagic LiveCD. PartedMagic is best for Partition Management and it has a lot of other must have tools.

Disk /dev/sda: 320.0 GB, 3200723933376 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913
cylinders units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225 bytes

Device Boot Start End ID System
/dev/sda1 * 1 3824 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 3825 29958 f W95 Ext'd(LBa)
/dev/sda3 29959 36103 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4 36104 38913 83 Linux
/dev/sda5 3825 10198 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6 10199 12110 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda7 12111 21034 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda8 21035 29958 7 HPFS/NTFS

[devils casper]

/dev/sda4 36104 38913 83 Linux

Its a Primary Partition. You have created 2 Primary partitions ( /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda3 already.
/dev/sda2 is an Extended Partition. You can create new partitions inside Extended partition only.

Its like this :
/dev/sda1 1 to 3824 cylinders
/dev/sda2 3825 to 29958 ( /dev/sda5 to 8 are inside it )
/dev/sda3 29959 to 36103
free space or /dev/sda4 36104 to 38913.
You can not create more than one partition between 36104 to 38913 because this space is for Single Primary Partition only.

Solution :
* Format /dev/sda4 in NTFS.
* Copy data of /dev/sda3 in /dev/sda4.
* Delete /dev/sda3 partition.
* Merge free space in /dev/sda2.
* Create as many partitions as you like inside /dev/sda2 ( /dev/sda9, 10....)

You can do all above using PartedMagic LiveCD.

[nazrul4linux]

Thanks a lot dear!
I am fully understanding my problem and i will be able to resolve it.

[devils casper]

Glad to help you !
Do let us know how it goes.