You will need to defragment your files on Windows so that they all reside at
the beginning of the partition and use Partition Magic to resize the
partitions. Don't bother defragmenting Linux because you are enlarging it.
Hope that helps.
Matt.
----- Original Message -----
From: J M Albores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Linux Newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: 07 June 1999 06:50
Subject: Changing partitions type.
> I'm actually using the following partition scheme:
>
> /dev/hda1 -> Windoze '98 -> 2 Gb. size
> /dev/hda2 -> Linux Swap -> 64 Mb. size
> /dev/hda3 -> Linux Native -> 1 Gb. size
>
> I know "fips" and "Partition Magic" are useful for non-destructive
> partitioning of just ONE hard drive with only Windoze installed.
> But...
> Can I RESIZE (under my actual partition table) my partitions, giving
> more room (for example 2 Gb. to Linux and 1 Gb to Windoze) without
> loosing any data??
> And in case the answer is yes:
> Which is the software that would let me do it?
> TIA!
>
> --
> J. M. Albores
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