On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 06:19:40PM -0500, Farhan Ahmed wrote:
>
> I have a 40 Gig HDD which is partitioned such that 30 Gig
> is for Windows and 10 for Mandrake Linux 8.1.
>
> Since I am tired of Windows crashing repeatedly (right now,
> my computer re-starts as soon as Windows2K boots ..ugghhh),
> I have decided to make all the 40 gig available for Linux.
> How can I do it without formatting the whole hard-disk and
> re-installing Linux?
>
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Oops ... win 2k (viz HPFS/ NTFS) support is dependent upon the
kernel. If you can currently mount these as vfat or hpfs or as
umsdos, nothing needs to be done.Merely mount these partitions
under Linux, and use them for data.
In case you cannot, there will be need for erasing existing 2k
partitions, and making them into ext2 or your prefered type.It
is a matter of doing the following:
o Boot from stand-alone rescue disk or a floppy based distro
like tomsrtbt or alfa-linux.
o Change the partition(s) type to Type 83.
o run mke2fs on these
o These are free for installing a second distro or moving some
of your existing partitions (like /usr or /home) to them.
However, if your existing Linux is installed on an extended
partition, it would be appropriate to re-install with at least
the root partition ("/") on a primary. With 40 gig disk, it
would be possible to install at least 2 distros with lot of
room to spare.
HTH
Bish
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