I'm planning to repartition part of my HD. Previously, I only partitioned the whole drive as part of a Linux reinstallation. So I'm somewhat clueless about partitions and partitioning. The tool I'm most comfortable with is cfdisk. So replies which take into account this tool are most appreciated.
My question: Suppose I have hda5 to hda22. I want to delete hda5, hda6 and hda7 and create a new partition from the empty space. What would happen to my current hda8, hda9, etc.? Would hda8 be renamed to hda6 (hda9 to hda7)? More importantly, can I delete a lower numbered partition (hda6) without affecting the contents of higher numbered partitions (=> hda8)? My previous (Mandrake) experience with partial repartitioning resulted in the loss of the higher numbered partitions. Of course, with Mandrake I was using a different tool and more than likely I screwed up with some options. TIA
