You could do that, and if you're lucky it'll work. However, if it's just play space you could also use either the Linux Software RAID or LVM code and keep the partition table intact.
--rdp On Sun, 16 Dec 2001, Karl J. Runge wrote: > Has anybody done this? Is it as simple as I am thinking it is? > > 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: > > [root@haystack runge]# fdisk -l /dev/hda > > 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? I have NT 4.0 on /dev/hda1 and haven't booted it in years; it > would be fun to delete and recycle it along with the swap :-) > > I understand the hda* names will (may?) all change, and I am prepared > to fix this in /etc/lilo.conf and /etc/fstab. > > I have a sinking feeling I am forgetting something here... please > remind me before it is too late! > > > ***************************************************************** > To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. > ***************************************************************** > -- Rich Payne [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.alphalinux.org ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
