[plug] Repartioning

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Well I have PM ver 7 but i don't have a floppy drive, so that wont work. I 
think i will just have to stick to what i have for now. Thanks anyway.
Tim
At 10:12 20/08/2002 +0800, you wrote:
>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
>
> >--------------------------------------------<
>
>For the concert of life, nobody has a program.
>
> >--------------------------------------------<

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