changing the type of the partition
I have up and running two versions of Debian.
like this main OS AMD64
AMD64_Debian_Etch_4.0_dev_sda1.png
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With swap partition.
AMD64_Debian_Etch_4.0_dev_sda5.png
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Then after one version was up and running I
decided or I had planned to append another version.
second OS as 32 bit.
i386_Debian_Etch_4.0_dev_sda3.png
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With swap partition.
# is this necessary, I use GRUB Boot manager and the OS are selected
during boot.
# Why can't I simply use only one single swap partition assigned to both
OS versions, please?
i386_Debian_Etch_4.0_dev_sda4.png
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Here is my problem,
Free_space_not_partitioned.png
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I'd like to append 32 bit fedora, solaris 10 64 bit, Win XP 32 bit.
Why is that impossible?
What can I do to change it?
I had no success with knoppix, I have downloaded
gparted-livecd-0.3.4-8.iso
The manual said it is better to use gparted from within a running OS,
gparted is according to my understanding meant to _resize_ a partition
or _copy_ data from one partition to another.
To put it clear, that is not what I want.
Both versions of debian etch 4.0 runs perfectly.
I think simply changing the type of the partition
could permit more OS to be installed in the existing
unusable free space.
Here is some details.
http://pastebin.ca/600147
Best regards
Morten
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