>That partition layout is an impossibility, so you haven't given us the
>actual (correct) information. You may have an extended partition in the
>mix which can easily mix up the situation.
ok, lets try this again then....
Disk /dev/hdb: 128 heads, 63 sectors, 523 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 8064 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdb1 1 1 166 669280+ 83 Linux native
/dev/hdb2 167 167 217 205632 83 Linux native
/dev/hdb3 218 218 300 334656 83 Linux native
/dev/hdb4 301 301 523 899136 5 Extended
/dev/hdb5 301 301 332 128992+ 83 Linux native
/dev/hdb6 333 333 383 205600+ 83 Linux native
/dev/hdb7 384 384 441 233824+ 83 Linux native
/dev/hdb8 442 442 523 330592+ 83 Linux native
hdb1 /var/spool/news
hdb2 not used
hdb3 not used
hdb4 extended
hdb5 not used
hdb6 /usr/local/tmp
hdb7 /var
wanted: to join hdb1, hdb2, hdb3
possible, without messing up hdb6 and hdb7?
I am also reading "README.fdisk" of the disk-utils package
Benji
they all "touch" and are not crossing any boundries (that I see)
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