----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Stodden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 11:58 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] One question, one desperate plea for help.
> Marc Resnick wrote: > > The question: I want to add more space to my Linux partition. I used > > PartitionMagic to make my Windows XP NTFS partition smaller, but could > > only add that space to the overall Extended Partition, not the separate > > Linux space. I therefore suspect that there is some way through Linux to > > do this. Any help would be appreciated. > > Further to my reply above, special precautions must be taken if any > Linux OS partitions are in any way to be changed - size, start, end. > > Make a floppy boot beforehand for any such partition which is to be > disturbed, and use it to run the partition after the partition > adjustment, provided its /dev/name has not been changed. Adjust > /etc/fstab and /etc/lilo.conf to reflect the new /dev/ names and reboot. > > If a Linux partition now has a different /dev/ address it will not be > bootable at all. You must boot into another partition, or use the > rescue CD or floppy to get an operating Linux. Then mount the changed > partition and alter its /etc/fstab and /etc/lilo.conf to reflect the new > partition /dev/ adddresses. Having done that, chroot into the > mounted partition and run its lilo, which will set it up again as bootable. > > That's all there is to it, really! > > -- > Ron. [Melbourne, Australia] > Use the new dalziel-1.2 Mandrake English downloader - more features than > rsync-plus. > Download from: http://members.optushome.com.au/ronst/ > The name 'Dalziel' is pronounced 'DL', like the 'd/l' abbreviation for > 'download'. > > > Ron, The problem is that I can't resize the Ext2 Partition with PM, and don't know why. If I click Info, it says that it's an unrecognized format. What I was able to do, I did. I freed some hard drive space by resizing the Windows Partition, and moved in into the Extended Partition. Within the Extended Partition I have two Linux Ext2 Partitions(I don't know why there's two, if you could explain, that would be great), one is about 5 gb and one is about 4. There is also a Linux Swap Partition(I also do not know what that is for), and now there is 3 gb of unallocated space too. I am able to resize the unallocated space and the swap partition, but not the two Ext2s. If the case is that I must use Linux to resize the partition, kindly explain it to me as if I was 13 years old going on 14. --Thanks Marc ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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