lee wrote:
> wanna know i'm seeing this clearly before i wreak havoc :)ha
>
> use of parted:
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> here's my disk geo:
>
> Using /dev/hda
> Warning: The operating system thinks the geometry on /dev/hda is
> 1653/255/63. You should check that this matches the BIOS geometry
> before using this program.
> (parted) print
> Disk geometry for /dev/hda: 0-12970.6 megabytes
> Minor Start End Type Filesystem Flags
> 1 0.0 1004.1 primary FAT boot
> 3 1027.6 4541.8 primary ext2
> 4 4541.8 12966.5 extended
> 5 4541.8 6542.1 logical FAT
> 6 6542.1 8542.4 logical FAT
> 7 8542.4 10542.7 logical FAT
> 8 10542.7 10676.0 logical linux-swap
> (parted)
> ( no idea what happened to 10676.1-12966.4? ..maybe i messed up when i
> initially redid windows/linux ? which hopefully means I"m missing out on
> nearly 2GIG..)
>
> so i want to remove Minor 7 to gain space for linux primary at Minor 3
> so I do :
> (difference of 10542.7-8542.4=1999.7 *although supposed to be a little
> over 2GIG?*,--then add in difference to end of Minor 3 )
>
> (parted) rm 7
> (parted) resize 3 1027.6 6541.5 ( because in ext2 the start must remain
> just that )
>
> then update fstab...
>
> and whala right?
Lee -
I don't think this is correct. I have never used the tool but I can't
imagine that what you are describing is correct. The extended partition
that contains the logical drived is taking up the space past minor 3. What
you can do, is rather than resize anything, is just make the minor 7 that
you no longer need as FAT an ext2 partition with fdisk and then make an
ext2 filesystem on it with mkfs. Then you can mount it as part of the
linux config on say /home or /usr (both are often the partitions that I
need space on).
First you will want to mount it as something like /newhome, then copy
everything from /home to /newhome unmount /home /newhome and then make the
fstab changes to mount the minor 7 partition as /home.
My guess is that partd willl not allow you to do what you describe because
it would hose your drive terribly.
There are different ways to do this. what I have described os only one.
Bret
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