del wrote:
I would now like to remove the 2K partition to regain the space for use
for MP3s. Would I be able to have a second "home" so it will not be
wiped if I need to re-install at some time, say when I break my machine
upgrading to Etch later this year :)
1) How to remove?
2) What to name it to survive a re-install?
3) Is it possible to have a second home?
4) How could I have found the answer myself in the Debian archives to
save asking here?
5) And Is there a tutorial on looking this kind of thing up in say
Google Groups?
I am not aware of a Linux tool comparable to "Partition Magic" which
allows a partition to be "moved". (But even with PM, the partition is
not moved in actuality.)
Use fdisk or cfdisk to delete the partition, then create a new Linux
partition from the resulting free space. Then create a filesystem (ext2
or ext3) in the new partition. Then edit "/etc/fstab" to mount and name
the partition. Then reboot.
You can't have two partitions named "home", but you can name a partition
whatever you wish, such as "home.backup".
When installing Debian, the partitioner allows you to decide whether to
preserve a partition and whether to preserve the data on the partition.
But for your purpose, it likely is a better solution to plug in a second
drive and place the backup for "home" on the second drive; that way, you
are not constrained in your partitioning scheme when you re-install.
RLH
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