[plug] Repartioning

[Arie Hol]

Hello LinuxAlien,

At 06:38 AM 20-08-2002 +0800, you wrote:
>Hi all. When I first repartition my drive to install Deb I made the /boot 
>partition too small. This was because I hadn't needed to install extra 
>kernels before. Is there some way to make it bigger without destroying any 
>of the data. I have partitionmagic for windows but I don't have windows. 
>Any help would be good.
>Tim

In regard to Partition Magic - I can only vouch for version 5 or above.

In regard to not having Windows - you will probably need to install
Partition Magic on a Windows machine in order to make the 'Emergency Rescue
Disks' - this is a multiple boot disk set, which you can then use to boot
your machine from the floppy. It is then a relatively simple matter to use
Partition Magic to alter your partition boundaries.

Some words of caution :

1 - READ (x2) the manual that comes with your version of Partition Magic.
2 - think carefully about 'what you really need to do'
3 - bear in mind that when you change the /boot partition (make larger) -
Partition Magic will have to move data and move/resize other partitions
accordingly.
3 - do not choose to many tasks at once.
4 - consider whether it may be easier/quicker to just install Linux from
scratch.

TIP :   If you decide to install from scratch - use Partition Magic to
create all of the desired partitions - then when you install Linux, assign
each partition manually - doing it this way allows you to experiment with
partition sizes and distribution, and change them at will 'BEFORE'
installing Linux.

But above all else - use extreme care and beware the risks.

See table below for the partitioning I used on one of my machines, the
machine dual boots with Win98SE and Redhat 7.3 - the hard drive size is
approx 10Gb - if you are using only Linux then you can ignore the Windows
partitions - C:SYSTEM - FAT32, D:UTILITIES - FAT32, E:STORAGE - FAT32,
F:SETUP - FAT32

Note: You can have up to four Primary partitions (including the Extended
partition)

============================================================================
============
Partition Information for Disk 1:    9781.8 Megabytes
Volume         PartType    Status         Size MB    PartSect  #   StartSect
TotalSects
============================================================================
============
C:SYSTEM       FAT32       Primary,Boot   1506.1           0  0          63
3,084,417
*:/            Linux Ext2  Primary         305.9           0  1   3,084,480
626,535
               Extended    Primary        7969.7           0  2   3,711,015
16,322,040
*:/usr         Linux Ext2  Logical        4000.5     3711015  0   3,711,078
8,193,087
*:/var         Linux Ext2  Logical         251.0    11904165  0  11,904,228
514,017
*:/home        Linux Ext2  Logical         400.0    12418245  0  12,418,308
819,252
*:SWAPSPACE2   Linux Swap  Logical         203.9    13237560  0  13,237,623
417,627
D:UTILITIES    FAT32       Logical        1200.1    13655250  0  13,655,313
2,457,882
E:STORAGE      FAT32       Logical        1004.0    16113195  0  16,113,258
2,056,257
F:SETUP        FAT32       Logical         909.9    18169515  0  18,169,578
1,863,477
============================================================================
============

Hope this helps. :-}

Regards Arie

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