On Mon, Feb 17, 2003 at 12:57:54PM +0000, John Richard Smith wrote: > Gil Katz wrote: > > >Hi > >i had one HD 10GB which i splitt to 3 partitions > >/, swap and /home > >after a while i bought a new HD 80GB and i moved /home to it, so now i have > >one big empty partition that i want to transfer its size to swap and to / > >should i delete the partition and then resize both / and swap or there is > >another or a better way? > >Gil > > > > > > > > > > > Assuming that you have nothing left on the 10g hd that matters to you, just > delete the partitions to wipe them out entirely and remake them as you > want them and format and install accordingly. If you intend putting a /swap > partition on this harddrive, then it's size ought to be 1 1/2 to 2 times > physical memory.
One thing that matters on your 10G drive in the / partition. You might want to copy it to your second drive and make sure you can actually boot boot from it there (use Lilo to set up a dual boot -- original linux or copy of linux) before you delete and resize / on your 10G drive. -- cautious hendrik
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