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From: "Darryl Gibson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2000 9:33 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] Laplink
> Yes I have, in fact that is next on my to-do list. Let me bring this
> list up to speed, as to why I want to transfer files.
>
> When I set up this file system, the hard drive was in a 486/33, with
> 8megs of ram. Now its in a 586/100 with 64 megs of ram. I want to
> increase my swap partition from 32megs to at least 64megs. I have loads
> of free disk space, but I can't free it up. Unless there is a way to
> unmount the hard drive I'm using, while I'm using it!?
>
> I have considered using Partition Magic on the drive, but that raises
> other issues such as:
>
> 1. My PM disk is on loan to a friend, and he has taken a unplanned
> holiday out of town.
Look at GNU parted for resizing the partitions. There is even a floppy image
version!
>
> 2. When I installed Linux on this drive, I forget where I installed
> Lilo. From what I've read on the Newbie list, if Lilo is on the MBR, I
> can kiss it good bye by running PM. Can I tell where Lilo is by looking
> in fstab?
>
Look at /etc/lilo.conf. The boot= line tells you where LILO is installed. If
it is /dev/hda, then it is in teh MBR; if it is /dev/hda1, then it is in the
firts partition, etc.
> 3. I should back up my files before messing around with the hard drive
> geometry.
>
Back up your config files and /home directories. Can you tgz them and
transfer them to a floppy?
> 4. The backup method I'm used to, isn't supported in Linux, unless
> parallel port tape drives have recently been supported?
>
I'm lost on this one.
>
> So many options, so many decisions, isn't Linux wonderful?
>
And frustrating for the same reason. 8)
Hoyt
