[ale] HowTO make a new HD partition ?

[vaidhy at wwdg.com]

> Running RedHat4.2, I now have hda1 =500M, hda2 =1.5Gig and would now 
> 
> like to implement a new partition hda3 of 1Gig [from a 4Gig disk] usable 
> 
> as a buffer for tape backups.
> 
> ***********************************************************************
> 
> Question(s): 
> 
> Can I simply edit File System Manager under the Control Panel to setup
> the new partition ?
> 
>  If so how should this be accomplished to enable such a partition to
> permit access as a buffer from Linux in hda2 ?
> 
> If not, how should this be accomplished ?
> 

I have not used RedHat, but the process might me similar. Run fdisk (the one you got with linux) and set up a new primary partition of 1 Gb with type Linux(83). Add it to your /etc/fstab so that it gets mounted every time you boot. That partition will be visible from Linux.