On 1 Oct 2002, James Pifer wrote:
>[...] (Sorry, I didn't start following this till now.)
> > > >-- Original Message --
> > > >Subject: Partition Magic
> > > >From: James Pifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >To: redhat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > >Date: 30 Sep 2002 19:19:12 -0400
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >I have a RH72 system where the OS is installed on a
> > > 40gig drive and
> > > >there's a second 100gig drive setup as disk2.I
> > > would like to install
> > > >Windows 2000 on a partition to use for games.
> > > >
> > > >I created a partition on the end of the 100gig
> > > drive to use for win2k,
> > > >but I couldn't install it because Windoze needs to
> > > be able to write to
> > > >the first partition.
> > > >
> > > >I then figured I would create room at the beginning
> > > of the drive, but
> > > >Partition Magic 7 will not let me resize the Linux
> > > ext2 partitions. It
> > > >will let me resize/move the one on the 100gig
> > > drive, but not the one the
> > > >OS is on. I figured I would have to reinstall grub,
> > > maybe even do a
> > > >system upgrade to make it work again after
> > > installing windoze, but I
> > > >can't even get that far.
> > > >
> > > >Is there any way for me to get Windoze installed
> > > without completely
> > > >wiping out the system and starting over? I would
> > > really hate to do that.
> > > >I have a ton of stuff on this system already. It
> > > was a pain to get X to
> > > >work on this system because of the video chipset
> > > and motherboard.
> > > >
> > > >I guess my other option is to do a huge copy of
> > > everything to a spot on
> > > >the 100 gig drive, repatition and install Windoze,
> > > then install Linux,
> > > >mounting the 100 gig drive again as disk2(obviously
> > > without formatting),
> > > >then try to recover all of my stuff again. Any
> > > reason this wouldn't
> > > >work?
> > > >
> > > >Any other suggestions?
> > > >Thanks,
> > > >James
> > > >(ps - sorry for the length of this post)
PM 7 *should* resize and move ext2 (not ext3) partitions. PM 8 is out
recently, and I believe it can work with ext3. If you have ext3
partitions, you need to convert them back to ext2 (with tune2fs) before
using PM 7.
You might also look at GNU parted (comes with RH). I don't think it knows
about ext3 yet either, but it contains similar functionality to PM.
The other possibility is that sometimes partition characteristics prevent
resizing from the front of the partition, so you can only resize at the
end. Also, you can't move a partition to a space that overlaps itself, so
you need a gap big enough to hold it. If those are your issues, then
copying (tar or rsync) is probably your only option.
--
Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
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