How do I identify which partition holds what (see screenshot)

[inearlygaveup]

I have just updated from Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10 by using wbi and think the update may have made new partitions by spliting up my original Linux partitions.

Does this look and sound correct.

If so, how do I identify which partition holds what (see screenshot) as I would like to get rid of any obsolete Ubuntu 8.04 partitions

I duel boot with XP and realise that the first three partitions /dev/sda1,2&3 are my windows partitions.

I am still fairly new to Linux.

[taurus]

Open a terminal and run this command. Then, post the output here.

Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal

df -h

[inearlygaveup]

Hi, Hope this helps

[taurus]

Looks like your root filesystem is on /dev/sda7 while the swap partition is /dev/sda8. And you have /dev/sda2 (fat32/vfat) mounted to /media/ACER.

[inearlygaveup]

Can I delete 9 & 10 and the Swap sda5

[taurus]

And even /dev/sda6 unless you are using it but not currently mounted it.

[inearlygaveup]

Good - that was my next question do you know what reiserfs is on sda6

[taurus]

Reiserfs is just another filesystem that Linux uses (ext2, ext3, xfs, etc.)

[inearlygaveup]

Right

I take it that those partitions were left over when I updated................

After deleting, can I then just use Gparted to resize my remaining Linux partitions


From 4437 miles away - Goodnight and thanks for your help.

[taurus]

If you want to resize your harddrive (expand to take up the unallocated space), you have to do it from a LiveCD since you cannot resize a partition while you are using it.

If you don't have Ubuntu LiveCD, you can use GParted LiveCD, http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php.

Also, it depends on where the unallocated space is located.


sudo fdisk -lu

[inearlygaveup]

If you want to resize your harddrive (expand to take up the unallocated space).........

Also, it depends on where the unallocated space is located.


sudo fdisk -lu

Morning (UK Time 8:20am) and thanks again,I need to ask some more questions about the above... or would you prefer I start a new thread.

There may be big gaps between any replies as I won't be online all the time this weekend

sudo fdisk -lu

output is


/dev/sda4 123090030 195366464 36138217+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)

/dev/sda5 156457098 159172019 1357461 82 Linux swap / Solaris

/dev/sda6 159172021 195362816 18095398 83 Linux

/dev/sda7 123090156 150352334 13631089+ 83 Linux

/dev/sda8 154963053 156457034 746991 82 Linux swap / Solaris

/dev/sda9 150352398 154625624 2136613+ 83 Linux

/dev/sda10 154625688 154962989 168651 82 Linux swap / Solaris



Partition table entries are not in disk order

martin@martin-laptop:~$