Re: since we're on the subject of partitioning... :)
On Wed, Sep 15, 1999 at 09:35:02PM -0400, Jim B wrote:
> This one's a quickie.
>
> I had a 1.2 gb which was split with a 64 MB swap and the rest was the
> primary partition (ext2).
>
> Now I have a new disk as hda, a 17 gb, and everything's fine. I set up my
> old disk as hdb. blah blah blah... However I'd like to reclaim that old 64
> MB swap partition and use it as ext2.
>
> If I just re-partition it (hdb2) as ext2 and format it, I will not lose the
> data on the primary partition (hdb1)... correct?
>
> Please just let me know whether I'm right or wrong on this.
That is what my experience has led me to believe. :)
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