From: Tarun Dua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Linux Users Group Delhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [ilugd]: Increasing Linux Partition space Date: 02 Apr 2003 18:02:14 +0530
On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 17:36, Lalit Kumar Bhasin wrote: > Hi all, > I have a dual boot system with Windows-2000 and Linux 8.0. The total > hard disk space is 40 GB, and about 5 GB is dedicated to Linux , and > rest for windows. Now, I wanted to increase the Linux Ext space from 5 > GB to say 10 GB. I tried Partition magic ,but it failed. Is there some > other way to do it. Please suggest. > > Regds, > Lalit lalit , a lot will depend on how you have parttioned ur disk, if ur disk is something like this.. ----------------------------------------------- | | | | | WIN | Linux | WIN 2 | ----------------------------------------------- then u can do it with partition magic by taking space from win2.. but if u have kept linux at end of ur hard-drive the it is very difficult to find any solution. maybe u can extract some space from windows partition and format it using partition magic pro (v7) as ext2 and see whether the space adds up but it seems highly unlikely to me.. just give it a try.. also specify which version of partition magic you are using... Get Your Private, Free E-mail from Indiatimes at http://email.indiatimes.com Buy The Best In BOOKS at http://www.bestsellers.indiatimes.com Bid for for Air Tickets @ Re.1 on Air Sahara Flights. Just log on to http://airsahara.indiatimes.com and Bid Now! _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
