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List:       evms-devel
Subject:    Re: [Evms-devel] Help my disk!
From:       Kevin Corry <kevcorry () us ! ibm ! com>
Date:       2006-03-23 14:18:08
Message-ID: 200603230818.08158.kevcorry () us ! ibm ! com
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Hi Eric,

On Fri March 17 2006 7:24 pm, Eric wrote:
> Hi Kevin,
>
> Thanks for your reply!
> In fact, the Disk Segments panel of my disk in EVMS is:
>
> Name            Size      Active  R/O  Type       Offset   Plug-in
> hda_mbr         31KB                   Meta Data  0        DosSegM
> hda1            101.9MB   X            Data       63       DosSegM
> hda2            1019.8MB  X            Data       208845   DosSegM
> hda_freespace1  7.8MB                  Free Spac  2297295  DosSegM
> hda_ebr0        512 bytes              Meta Data  2313360  DosSegM
> hda_freespace2  5.8GB                  Free Spac  2313361  DosSegM
> hda5            11.7GB    X            Data       14571018 DosSegM
> hda_freespace3  63KB                   Free Spac  39102210 DosSegM
>
> I have three freespaces. As you said, I can create hda6 by using
> hda_freespace2. But I also care hda_freespace1 which is the "leak" cylinder
> 144, it makes my disk fragmented, what can I do with this little
> piece(7.8MB)? Create a little partition?: (
>
> I don't want this freespace existing, never I can delete this freespace or
> merge it into others with EVMS?

At this point, the only way you'll be able to reclaim that one cylinder is to 
delete hda5, which will automatically delete hda_ebr0, and thus cause all the 
freespace areas to be combined. Then you should be left with hda_mbr, hda1, 
hda2, and hda_freespace1.

-- 
Kevin Corry
kevcorry@us.ibm.com
http://www.ibm.com/linux/
http://evms.sourceforge.net/


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