Hi Dieter, > There is another - more elegant - way: since kernel 2.0.x you can > combine two or more partitions to one big partition. I've stumbled over > this feature while compiling a new kernel and selecting some compile > options. Read the help of the appropriate kernel options and follow the > links. Sorry, I can't be more specific, because my linux box is at home > and I'm writing this from my office win95 computer (shudddddddder!!!). I > haven't tried it by myself, so that's everything I can do for you.
I just checked into this. It seems that it only makes sense when those partitions are on different drives, because it's still necessary to reformat, i.e. make a new filesystem on the combined partition. So, I might just as well create a new, bigger partition. Oh, and when there are different partitions inbetween those to merge, then it's probably useful, too. Anyway, thanks again for the pointer. Andy. ___________________________________________________________________ Andy Spiegl, University of Technology, Muenchen, Germany E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] OR: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.appl-math.tu-muenchen.de/~spiegl PGP fingerprint: B8 48 24 7B DB 96 6F 1C D9 6D 8E 6C DB C2 E7 E9 o _ _ _ --------- __o __o /\_ _ \\o (_)\__/o (_) ------- _`\<,_ _`\<,_ _>(_) (_)/<_ \_| \ _|/' \/ ------ (_)/ (_) (_)/ (_) (_) (_) (_) (_)' _\o_ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
