you can use the cat command to move the partition. cat /dev/hd? > /dev/hd? Oscar -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Malka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 8:58 AM To: expert mandrake Cc: Charles Curley Subject: Re: [expert] Moving partitions > This may be a silly question, but why do you want to move it? "If it > works, don't fix it." As a "learning experience" (this is not yet my main pc) and because I have had a few problems that could be related to it: 1) grub will not work on it. lilo does. 2) every so often, after I logout to the main graphic login screen (Mandrake 7.1) I lose the mouse which restores itself if I restart x. 3) I was told originally not to do it this way > Meanwhile, it would probably help if you gave us a more detailed view of > the drive in question. As root: > > fdisk -l /dev/hdb >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Disk /dev/hdb: 240 heads, 63 sectors, 1090 cylinders Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdb1 * 2 721 5443200 5 Extended /dev/hdb2 833 951 899640 83 Linux /dev/hdb3 722 745 181440 83 Linux /dev/hdb4 746 832 657720 83 Linux /dev/hdb5 2 76 566968+ 6 FAT16 /dev/hdb6 77 146 529168+ 6 FAT16 /dev/hdb7 147 187 309928+ 6 FAT16 /dev/hdb8 188 201 105808+ 6 FAT16 /dev/hdb9 202 243 317488+ 6 FAT16 /dev/hdb10 244 354 839128+ 6 FAT16 /dev/hdb11 456 721 2010928+ 83 Linux Partition table entries are not in disk order >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Disk /dev/hda: 128 heads, 63 sectors, 767 cylinders Units = cylinders of 8064 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 2 129 516096 6 FAT16 /dev/hda2 157 767 2463552 5 Extended /dev/hda3 130 156 108864 16 Hidden FAT16 /dev/hda4 1 1 4000+ a OS/2 Boot Manager /dev/hda5 * 157 238 330592+ 6 FAT16 /dev/hda6 * 239 497 1044256+ 6 FAT16 /dev/hda7 * 498 701 822496+ 6 FAT16 /dev/hda8 702 753 209632+ 82 Linux swap Partition table entries are not in disk order >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hope this helps. Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Registered Linux user 183185 ----- Original Message ----- From: Charles Curley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 11:00 AM Subject: Re: [expert] Moving partitions > On Thu, Oct 26, 2000 at 10:16:15AM -0400, Jeff Malka wrote: > > When I first installed linux, for reasons I no longer remember I installed > > Mandrake 7.1 as follows on my 8 GB second HD: > > > > I have a windows extended partition of 5.3 GB. Within and at the end of > > this extended partition (don't ask why) I have a 5.3 GB linuxExt2 main linux > > partition (hdb11). Beyond this extended partition I have my /usr, swap, > > /opt, /home partitions (hdb2, hdb3, hdb4). > > > > I own a full copy of Partition Magic which I used during the install. I > > would like to move the main linux partition "out" of the windows extended > > partition into free space beyond it.. If I moved it using Partition Magic, > > from within NT, will I still be able to boot into linux and will the > > partition move mess up things in linux?
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