Hello folks,
I (finally) acquired a 40Gb HDD. I have partitioned it as follows :-
primary - 2Gb - fat32 - /dev/hda1
extended - rest
logical - 1.3Gb - Linux /dev/hda5
- 4Gb - fat32 /dev/hda6
- 9Gb - fat32 /dev/hda7
- 9Gb - fat32 /dev/hda8
- rest - fat32 /dev/hda9
I my haste and excitement I did not create a swap partition for Linux. Can
I *delete* (using linux fdisk) the /dev/hda5 partition and split it into 2
without harm to the rest of the partitions? I think we can do it as the
linux fdisk allows a lot of control, but I would just like to be certain
about side-effects. :D
Or can I use a swap _file_ instead of a partition? Or is a partition
recommended?
I would have experimented, but I already lost a lot of data in my last HDD
crash and now I do not have a backup HDD.
thanks,
quasi
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