can not add data to partion

[Gary Kirkpatrick]

On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Karl Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 05/01/2010 12:23 PM, Gary Kirkpatrick wrote:
>> I created a new partition, called Data.  Gparted called it sda6.  I
>> need to be able to store data on this partition and can not seem to
>> find any instructions on how to accomplish this, at least on a level I
>> understand.
>>
>> This should be simple and I just can not find it searching the net.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> gary
>>
>>
>     When you make a new partition called /dev/sda6 I know it is in a
> extended partition. But until you make a file system and format that you
> can not use the new partition. It might be a lot simpler to make a new
> directory with mkdir Data and put your stuff there?
>
> 73 Karl
>
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Would't that leave the data in a partition shared with an operating
system?  That is what I want to avoid.