Re: Resizing partitions..
On Wednesday 26 June 2002 09:01 pm, Andrew Biggadike wrote:
> I have a laptop that's dual booting Windows 2000 and Debian (woody),
> and I want to resize my partitions so I can give some of the space on
> the Windows partition to Debian's /. Does anyone have any
> recommendations as to the best way to go about doing this?
> If I use a Windows tool, such as PartitionMagic, is it true that I
> won't have to modify anything within Linux in order for it to
> function properly? If not, what would I need to do?
> If I wanted to do it from Linux, how would I go about doing it?
>
> I guess the main thing, obviously, is that I don't want to break
> anything; I'd just like some more room to play with on this end.
> I've cleaned up and defragmented the Windows partition. Links to
> HOWTOs and other helpful documentation should be sufficient. Thanks,
>
> Andrew
>
> Oh, and in case it matters:
> hda1 FAT32 16861.83
> hda2 Linux ext2 /boot 49.36
> hda3 Linux ext2 / 2558.07
> hda5 Linux swap 534.65
I use Partition Magic on dual-boot machines a lot, and it's always
seemed to handle resizing ext2 and fat file systems just fine, without
any extra tinkering needed on the Linux side.
If you create or delete partitions things are likely to get a little
more messy and you will need to tinker with lilo.conf and fstab to
tell Linux where everything has moved to.
The only possible weirdness I could see with your configuration is that
/boot is not at the start of the disc, which is a setup I've never used.
Gut instinct says it shouldn't be a problem, but I wouldn't bet my life
(or critical data) on it. As ever, if it's important, back it up before
tinkering with partitioning.
- Derek
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