In a message dated: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 15:13:38 PST "Karl J. Runge" said:
>Is it as simple as I am thinking it is? Probably not. Things are never as easy as you think they are, and when you get half way through it, you remember, after it's too late, that you shouldn't have done what you just did. This is commonly referred to as the "Ooops!" or "Oh <expletive of the day>!!!!!" syndrome. Suffering from this malady is usually prevented by not working for more than 2 days straight and surviving soley on caffeine alone. Also, carefully reading what you just typed *before* actually hitting the enter key generally helps prevent coming down with this malady, but not always :) >To get a modest sized partiton (500MB) to play around with some things I >want to "glue" together the hda1 hda2 and hda3 partitions of my /dev/hda: You sure can, but expect to lose all data on these partitions, and possibly the entire disk if not *extremely* careful!!! >Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1582 cylinders >Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System >/dev/hda1 * 1 32 257008+ 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M >/dev/hda2 33 48 128520 82 Linux swap >/dev/hda3 49 64 128520 82 Linux swap >/dev/hda4 65 1582 12193335 5 Extended >/dev/hda5 65 80 128488+ 82 Linux swap >/dev/hda6 81 96 128488+ 82 Linux swap >/dev/hda7 97 1582 11936263+ 83 Linux native > > >Can I just go into fdisk, delete the first 3 and then create a bigger hda1? You can, but you had better make sure that the new hda1 ends precisely where the current hda3 does, or you could really mess things up. >I understand the hda* names will (may?) all change, and I am prepared >to fix this in /etc/lilo.conf and /etc/fstab. Just so long as you're aware of that. Er, lilo.conf? Hmmm. Something tells me this could be bad. You're going to be changing the partition table of disk which is possibly going to be active? Not a good idea. What I would do is make yourself a bootable floppy with fdisk on it. Edit both /etc/lilo.conf and /etc/fstab *first*, then reboot using the floppy. Edit the partition table from the floppy, mount / onto the floppy, run lilo, the reboot. It *should* work, but I guarantee absolutely nothing at all :) Personally, I'd go by a new hd, they're cheap enough. At the *very* least, make a really good backup of your drive in case you mess things up, and be prepared to re-install! >I have a sinking feeling I am forgetting something here... please >remind me before it is too late! Ahmm, personally, it sounds like you're forgetting how cheap disks are now :) But that's just me! Good luck, and please report back on your (possibly lack of) success. ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
