On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 06:04:57PM +0530, Q u a s i wrote: > 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
After you delete /dev/hda5 and create two partitions, they would no longer be hda5 and hda6. When you delete the hda5 partition, all the subsequent partitions would be renumbered to start from 5 and the two new Linux partitions would become hda9 and hda10. fdisk will also give a message saying that the partition numbers are not in order. You can correct this by first going to 'extra functionality mode' using the 'x' command and then by using the 'f' command to fix the partition order. Abhir _______________________________________________ http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
