Unallocated requested partitions

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#630

Author: LightningBit
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 00:00

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Hi All,

I'm a newbie installin REDHAT linux, and I've followowing problem :

when I'm creating partitions (using Disk Druid) after I've created 2, for
all following I get the message :
"Unallocated Requested Partition" "No Free Primary"

I've 2 harddisks (400MB and 800MB)
the installset is in the 400MB disk
I want to partitioning the 800MB as follows :
- 50 MB for SWAP
- 100 MB for the root /
- 400 MB for the /usr
- 50 MB for the /home

- 80 MB for /usr/local
- 100 MB for /usr/src

I can create 2 partitions ( / and /usr), and if I try to create any of the
others, I get those messages.


Can anyone help me please ?


Thanks,

Lightningbit

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Re: Unallocated requested partitions

#631

Author: Hans Ulrich Niedermann
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 00:00

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LightningBit <LightningBit@Ping.Be> wrote:

> when I'm creating partitions (using Disk Druid) after I've created 2, for
> all following I get the message :
> "Unallocated Requested Partition" "No Free Primary"

> I've 2 harddisks (400MB and 800MB)
> the installset is in the 400MB disk
> I want to partitioning the 800MB as follows :
> - 50 MB for SWAP
> - 100 MB for the root /
> - 400 MB for the /usr
> - 50 MB for the /home
> - 80 MB for /usr/local
> - 100 MB for /usr/src

> I can create 2 partitions ( / and /usr), and if I try to create any of the
> others, I get those messages.

Seems that the partitions you've created and are creating are all primary
ones. You should know there is a maximum number of primary partitions on a 
disk (three, I think). You can create up to four partitions on a disk: up 
to three primary of which only one can be visible at a time and one 
extended. Then you can divide the extended partition into logical 
partitions.

What you see in you programs are the currently active primary partition and
the logical partitions. The existence of the extended partition is
transparent, you could say.

Hope it helps.

Uli
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