If you don't want to rebuild everything from scratch, don't forget that
unix shows every partitions in a single filesystem. So the simplest is to
create another linux partition, create an e2fs on it and mount it where
you need more space...
you might also try the MULTIPLE DEVICE thing (select it when compiling
the kernel)
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD
This driver lets you combine several harddisk partitions into one
logical block device. Information about how and why to use it and
the necessary tools are available over ftp (user: anonymous) from
sweet-smoke.ufr-info-p7.ibp.fr/pub/public/Linux in the md package
and the md-FAQ. Please read drivers/block/README.md. If unsure,
say N.
-----Message d'origine-----
De: Bogdan Taru [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Date: samedi 19 septembre 1998 09:57
�: Adrian Bolzan
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Objet: Re: fips question
<< Fichier: ATTACH01>>
Hi, Adrian,
No, fips won't do that... First of all, fips is designed for resizing
Dos
partitions, and secondly, I don't know of any tool which can resize Linux
partitions (not even Partition Magic can do that). The way to do it is
rebuild everything from scratch...
Adrian Bolzan wrote:
> Hello, all!
>
> i have a quick question about fips. I was hoping to be able to reduce
my
> swap partition size as i don't think i really need 72Mb (2 x RAM) and
need
> more space on my linux native partition. Will fips do this? I have my
> swap and linux partitions next to each other (from fdisk info). should
I
> defrag my linux native partition? what about the swap partition?
>
> any info would be great.
>
> thanks,
>
> adrian b.
>
> -------------------------------------
> Adrian Bolzan
> c/- Dept of Chemistry
> The University of Queensland
> Brisbane 4072 Australia
> Ph: +61 (7) 3365-2281 or 3365-3527
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Have fun,
bogdan
