I have a HPdv8000 which has two 80GB disks for a total of 160GB of space (don't ask me why they decided to build it this way! It wont let me set a raid either). When installing Ubuntu or Mint (9.10 or 8 respectively).
When asked where to put OS I select Erase and use the entire disk my choices are either or.
SCSI1 (0,0,0) (sda) - chosen disk (holds previous OS).
SCSI1 (0,1,0) (sdb) - not chosen (no OS).
Option is either or not both.
Is it possible to use the entire disk from this point?
When trying to Specify partitions manually. I get...
Device- /dev/sda1 Type- ext4 Format- (checkbox) Size-76717MB Used-4245MB
Device- /dev/sda5 Type- swap Format- (checkbox) Size-3306MB Used-0MB
Device- /dev/sdb Type- Format- Size- Used-
If I highlight /dev/sdb and select new partition table I get...
Device- /dev/sdb Type- Format- Size- Used-
Device- freespace Type- Format- (checkbox) Size-80023 Used-
**FYI I have a column for Mount point (no listings) in-between Type & Format.
If I highlight free space (row) and select add. I get the option to create partition. (not sure what to choose of the following).
Type: Primary or Logical
Size in MB (cant go larger than 80023)
Location: Beginning or End
Use as: (what should I select here?) Ext4, Ext3, JFS, XFS, etc....
Mount point
dropdown with location) /, /boot, /home, /tmp, etc...
I'd like to use all 160GB of space (1 partition). When I tinker with the configuration (above) I can see 2 80GB disks in disk utility, but I don't really know what to do or how to access the other 80GB.
Is there an equivalent of disk management for extending partitons in linux?
On a side note once the OS is installed I get an error.
A hard disk may be failing One or mor hard disks report health problems.
This error eventually goes away. (?) If I use the install CD to check disk for errors. nothing is found to be wrong. (I think it only checks the first 80GB disk).
I know it's a lot, but TIA.....