R_Yeo wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Kevin Sexton wrote:
> > Is there a way in linux (short of reinstalling) to
> > rearrange, or resize partitions in linux, I have on a 4 gig
> > drive a
> > hdb1--small primary windows partition (needed to keep
> > windows happy -drive D: to windows),
> > hdb5--/ --- full!!
> > hdb6--/home
> > a swap partition
> > and some free space.
>
> If I understand you correctly, you have only one drive but it is called
> hdb?? I thought the convention should be hda for the primary master.
>
> Anyway, I find Partition Magic (ver 4) very useful for partitioning.
> If you are only expanding partitions and adjusting them, Linux should
> be able to cope easily. However, if ,for example, you root is going to
> be changed to hdb6 or whatever, you should make a note of it and edit
> you lilo.conf accordingly after altering the partitions.
>
> Have a TESTED boot disk ready first before anything.
>
> I have done it twice already (constantly shrinking Windows partition)
Kind of a way of not letting Windows know you're replacing it, or a way of
smoothing your transition to Linux only? Just keep shrinking that Windows
partition till it doesn't have any virtual memory left, and you finally
have to just put it out of it's misery :-)
-Josh
>
> and have not had much problems.
>
> HTH
>
> --
> Ronald
