Hi, I'm a newbie to Linux but not partitioning. The partitioning software that
comes with Linux will allow you to 'join' those two partitions, but only on a
permanent basis. You would delete both, and redefine them as one. While this
will NOT destroy the data in the last two, it may cause problems with other
operating systems because it will cause a disk drive re-mapping. The other
systems (if they exist) will lose track of the registered programs because the
drive letter will change. If you have nothing but user files, word doc,
spreadsheets, CAD designs, that stuff will be just fine and stay right where
they are (just on new drive letters), if you're not using any other operating
system then just make sure that your mount point change (because Linux will
know about the drive remapping) and you will have successfully 'joined' the two
partitions..... Hope this helps....
Benji Spencer wrote:
> I have a question about joining several partitions on my system.
>
> this might be easier to understand, if I do it via a visual way
>
> partitions on /dev/hdb
>
> /dev/hdb1 300 meg (full) /var/spool/news
> /dev/hdb2 300 meg (unused)
> /dev/hdb3 100 meg (unused)
> /dev/hdb4 200 meg (used) /usr
> /dev/hdb5 200 meg (used) /var
>
> can I join hdb1, hdb2, and hdb3, creating a 700 meg partition, without
> destroying hdb4 and hdb5?
>
> I realize that I would loose the info on hdb1 in doing that, but that is
> ok. I just dont' want to loose the info on hdb4 and hdb5
>
> benji
>
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