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| Thread ID: 61986 | 2005-09-23 03:24:00 | allocation extra hdd space to gentoo | heni72847 (1166) | Press F1 |
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| 390291 | 2005-09-23 03:24:00 | just a question about how linux number the hdd partitions.. right now..then gentoo+xp machine has a 20Gb hdd when i was testing out gentoo i allocated 6.5Gb for gentoo 512Mb for swap and 32Mb for boot now..i pretty much don't go back into windows..and need to let gentoo have more hdd space the hdd was partitioned so: hda1 xp ntfs hda2 boot ext2 hda3 / reiserfs hda4 swap now i use partition magic or similar program to cut out a chunck of xp partition i would end up with some space between hda1 & 2 and if i partition that into reiserfs or ext3 then..would the numbering of the hdd screw up? would the new partitioned space become hda2 and everything pushed back? or become hda5 which would be nice and easy for me to mount? still a linux n00b... so..gona make sure everything will work nicely b4 i touch anything.. or i'll prob kill it.. |
heni72847 (1166) | ||
| 390292 | 2005-09-23 03:36:00 | This looks a bit dangerous ... You might hit a limit of four primary partitions. I would normally have an extended partition which would be, e.g, hda4, containing hda5, hda6 ... But you should be able to cut out the section with PM (with the normal care and attention and backups) then use a linux partitioner to try repartioning. It will tell you what is happening, but nothing will be done to the disk unless and until you tell it to write the new partition table. If in doubt, don't write the new table. :D |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 390293 | 2005-09-23 09:57:00 | The other option is to install a second HDD as slave, and then move your /home to that drive. | Jen (38) | ||
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