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Bug#101312: xdiskusage: segfaults on empty partition
Richard Braakman d...@ssh.com debian bugs dist Package: mount Version: 2.11h-1 Severity: normal When I tried to mount a partition that I had just created and had forgotten to mkfs, I got this: # mount /dev/hda4 /mnt /dev/hda4: Success mount: you must specify the filesystem type The "Success" message is confusing,

How can I delete an empty partition?
An alternative would be to use Partition Magic to extend your existing partition by 4GB. This looks good stuff to me, Mark. I'm A1 positive it's empty. Or at least XP seems convinced, which is good enough for me. I have a dvd/cd-rw drive on D. Where do I get this Partition Magic? This sounds like the best solution.

How to format an empty partition...
I created a partition of 512 MB (FAT32) on the second HDD and tried to tell Win98 (in a partition on the first HDD) to use it as swap space (control panel, system, performance, virtual memory IIRC). This was a primary partition - that must be OK as win98 itself is in a primary partition. I tried making it bootable

Installation of W98 after XP in a new empty partition
In the end I deleted the new partition. I still get the boot.config and boot.ini messaged, but the system now boots and runs fine. I'll have to put the new space on another disk. You can quiet /boot.config by just touching it and making it empty. boot.ini doesn't exist, you may be thinking of boot.help,

germain.math has a 1G empty partition, but a full /.software partition
Grant g_r_a_n...@dodo.com.au alt os linux suse On Sat, 12 May 2007 14:42:01 +0200, Abel <MacA...@paradise.invalid> wrote: Hi all, I moved a partition I previously had reserved for Windows (Fat formatted) to Linux. The mountpoint of this partition is the Root (eg /). The list of Linux partitions is now:

33 MB used on a empty partition?
Here is the partition table from fdisk, fdisk does run fine.. its just the fact this node is not created that threw me off before. Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 1 2 16033+ 0 Empty /dev/sdb2 * 6 2431 19486845 b W95 FAT32 /dev/sdb3 3 5 24097+ 83 Linux Notice, /dev/sdb1 is a Empty partition... in

Hard Drive Upgrade Failed Using Ghost
Here's the rundown of my Falcon drives: [C] is my boot drive - the built-in 85MB IDE drive Then, I have a 4.3gig SeaGate Barracuda drive for [D] through [M]: [D] is a 349MB empty partition used for audio recording [E] is a 349MB partition for "Applications" [F] is a 349MB partition for "Utilities" [G] is a 349MB

Install Sees Empty Partition Space - Won't Use It
Martin Sohnius msohn...@novell.co.uk comp unix unixware misc KH Kempthorne (h...@netcom.com) wrote: Running UW 1.1 AS I have a single SCSI drive with an unused partition. I used fdisk to make it a UNIX partition of 84MB - 13% of the disk. It is partition number two, number one is the active partition.

Empty partition nodes not created (was device node issues with ...
Ed Redondo evrwr...@electriciti.com comp os ms-windows apps utilities win95 In article <34a9b4aa.7465...@news.ma.ultranet.com>, s...@SPAMLESSsoleAssociates.com wrote: Howdy, I have a drive that is partitioned as a 2 gig C: and a 2 gig D: C: has a ton of stuff in it, and D: is empty. I would like to split the D:

Classic problem / Installing OS 9 on an empty partition
rbrodhead@_remove_northampton.edu novell support zenworks desktop-management 6x imaging Am trying to Make image of a Gateway M280E tablet PC. When I try, I get this message:you must include at least 1 non-empty partition. This PC is fresh out of the box and works fine. Any thoughts?

Install Sees Empty Partition Space - Won't Use It
So, I repartitioned the HP (with its 40 MB ATA drive) to match the partitions on the Linux box (with its 9MB SCSI drive), leaving all the spare space in the extended partition at the end. I figured that should be safe enough to keep the ext2 partition that I made for Linux below the 1024 limit.

Empty partition mysteriously appeared
John Bowling johnlb2...@cox.net alt os linux suse Abel wrote: Hi all, I moved a partition I previously had reserved for Windows (Fat formatted) to Linux. The mountpoint of this partition is the Root (eg /). How are you running Linux? / is the root partition, and it requires the kernal and other software properly

Classic problem / Installing OS 9 on an empty partition
Abel MacA...@paradise.invalid alt os linux suse Hi all, I moved a partition I previously had reserved for Windows (Fat formatted) to Linux. The mountpoint of this partition is the Root (eg /). The list of Linux partitions is now: /dev/hda7...14.5 GB Linux Native no Mount /dev/hda9...17.5 GB Linux Natvie /home

MacOSX/Linux/Empty partition <- NetBSD
Brooks boc...@hotmail.com microsoft public windowsxp basics I should be grateful if someone could inform me how to remove an empty partition from my C drive. I created the partition by accident.Though it empty now I have to use system commander in order to boot my computer. It is a pain. Thanks.

Can you REMOVE an empty partition,making one whole drive. If ...
RC -- RC White, CPA San Marcos, TX r...@corridor.net Microsoft MVP - Windows 2000 "Brooks" <boc...@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:950a01c27936$7fbec9c0$3bef2ecf@TKMSFTNGXA10... I should be grateful if someone could inform me how to remove an empty partition from my C drive. I created the partition by accident.

Help---Win 98 says out of hd space on empty partition
Teal Rizzo Teal...@prodigy.net alt comp hardware aptiva rgspangl...@my-dejanews.com wrote: Can you REMOVE an empty partition,making one whole drive. If so,How ? Etc.... I have an IBM Aptiva 2176-C66 with 80 mb RAM, two hard drives original 2 GB and 6.4 GB, Windows 98 BETA 3. The hard drives are FAT 32 and whole,

How do I install of 9.1 to an empty partition?
The device name is: hdb and contains: - hdb1 103 ext3 MB /boot - hdb2 is a ntfs partition - hdb3 20000MB ext3 / - hdb4 19897 MB Extended! (During installation it just came up!, why?) - hdb5 2045 MB linux-swap But this drive also has an emty unformated patirion with 17852MB free space. How can I format and mount

Can I Install Linux to empty partition?
Notice that I left an empty partition THE_REST at the end of the table. This will facilitate sliding new data in quickly. Now, it is the end of the year and we would like to: 1. Remove the oldest fiscal year data. We do not want to lose this data forever, we just want to age it out and archive it. 2.

Installation of W98 after XP in a new empty partition
Ray Fischer rfisc...@bolt.sonic.net comp sys mac misc Iris A. Jackson <iris.a.jack...@myrealbox.com> wrote: rfisc...@bolt.sonic.net (Ray Fischer) wrote in message news:<b4gc54$ka...@bolt.sonic.net>... (1) When I try to run Classic, it asks me to select where the OS 9 stuff is. It is not on either One or Two.

EWF - Need guidelines for use...
Werner Kalbfleisch werner.kalbflei...@t-online.de microsoft public windowsxp help_and_support Hi, I am looking for an understandable description on 'how to install W98 into a own partition on a XP-machine'. thanks Werner.