Andy Spiegl wrote: > What I would like to do now is enlarge / by merging it with > the newly created partition. Do I have to copy everything > to a backup, run fdisk and then copy it back? Or is there > an easier method? (No, I don't just want to mount it) > And is this process really all that easy? Can I just copy > the backup on the new, now larger, partition, run lilo and > it works again? I don't feel like spending lots of time > reinstalling debian.
Yes, you can do it that way. It works, I did it many times. Most important part: RUN LILO, otherwise you won't be able to boot from that partition. There is another - more elegant - way: since kernel 2.0.x you can combine two or more partitions to one big partition. I've stumbled over this feature while compiling a new kernel and selecting some compile options. Read the help of the appropriate kernel options and follow the links. Sorry, I can't be more specific, because my linux box is at home and I'm writing this from my office win95 computer (shudddddddder!!!). I haven't tried it by myself, so that's everything I can do for you. Have a nice day and good luck. Dieter -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
