On Friday 23 April 2004 10:32, Lance Blackler wrote: > I did it yesterday - so yes it can. Mind you, the primary partion was the > last one before the beginning of the extended - don't know how it handles > it if it is not like that.
The problem with all these tools which shuffle data around on the disk is that if you have a mains failure, however short, while doing it, there is a very real risk that you will lose all your data. Thus you should make a backup first. Having done that you might just as well simply alter the partitions and copy the data back. > Lance B > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 17:24:14 +1200 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: convert primary partition into logical > > > Partition Magic Version 8 can covert from primary to logical. I have not > tried it though, but it says it can. > Ciao, Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: Craig FALCONER [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 22 April 2004 3:43 p.m. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: convert primary partition into logical > > No its not possible. > > > However you can backup your installed distro on one parititon to another, > then use fdisk to delete that partition, and create an extended one > instead, then fill that with logical partitions, then restore the backup to > the target partition. Finally you will have to bend the filesystem you > restore to make it smaller. > > I suggest you just nuke one partition and reinstall what was there later. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 22 April 2004 3:24 p.m. > To: CLUG > Subject: convert primary partition into logical > > > Hi, > > I wanted to try another dist but found I had used up all my primary > partitions. Anyone know if it is possible to convert a primary into a > logical? > > Cheers > > Paul -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell NB. This PC runs Linux. If you find a virus apparently from me, it has forged the e-mail headers on someone else's machine. Please do not notify me when this occurs. Thanks.
