In linux.debian.user, you wrote: > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hda1 1 373 2996091 83 Linux > /dev/hda2 374 871 4000185 83 Linux > /dev/hda3 872 1120 2000092+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda4 1121 5116 32097870 5 Extended > /dev/hda5 1121 1493 2996091 83 Linux > /dev/hda6 1494 1991 4000153+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda7 1992 2489 4000153+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda8 2490 2684 1566306 82 Linux swap > /dev/hda9 2685 3900 9767488+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda10 3901 5116 9767488+ 83 Linux > > and here's the output of df -h > > matt@anarres:~$ df -h > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/hda1 2.8G 1.7G 1.0G 63% / > /dev/hda2 3.8G 2.4G 1.2G 67% /usr > /dev/hda3 1.9G 804M 1021M 45% /usr/local > /dev/hda5 2.8G 1.2G 1.4G 44% /var > /dev/hda6 3.8G 74M 3.4G 3% /tehanu > /dev/hda7 3.8G 82M 3.4G 3% /tehanu/usr > /dev/hda9 19G 6.5G 11G 37% /moreaudio > /dev/hda10 9.2G 5.8G 2.9G 67% /home >
You already got the answer on why. You have the exact cylinders for these partitions. I don't see any reason why you can't delete /dev/hda5 through /dev/hda10 and then delete /dev/hda4. Then make /dev/hda4 again only make it the total size of the rest of the drive. Then remake /dev/hda5 through /dev/hda10 with exactly the same cylinders as they had before. Reboot and everything should be in the same place. I have remade a partition table before from a printout after losing it. The data was still there. Another way to deal with it would be to move /usr/local to /dev/hda2 by umount and remount /dev/hda3 as /mnt. Then mv everything from /mnt over to /usr/local. Edit fstab to remove the line for /usr/local. Then delete /dev/hda3 and remake it. The number might change - /dev/hda3 might become your extended partition. I would reboot after removing it and then see what the numbers are. Now you can make another primary partition of some size to hold all that stuff you have in the extended. I would say to use the cylinders at the end - looks like you need about 15 Gb to store everything. Then go back and delete the extended and remake it to be from where it begins now to where that 15Gb partition begins. Then make the logicals again and move the stuff back. And that leaves you with a bigger extended and a 15Gb primary partition. Well, you could leave the music on that one, come to think of it. Anita -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
