Re: Illogical drives?

[postid <postid@basicisp.net>]

Greetings:

Thank you all for your explanations and patience. I've done some 
more reading, though I'm not sure that I completely understand.

Here's what I think I'm hearing: When I look at a directory I'm 
looking at a file system, not necessarily a list of physical 
locations. But on the other hand, the partitions are 
specific-sized containers where parts of the file system reside. 
The file system directory is a like an address book listing the 
members of a family in a genealogical tree and indicating how 
they're tied into the system in a heirarchically connected 
telephone conference call. The partitions are their actual 
locations (the homes where they reside at a physical address). Am 
I understanding that correctly or am I still not getting it?

Here's my setup:

#1  primary  19.0 GB        ntfs
#2  primary   6.0 GB   B F  ext3  /
#5  logical   1.0 GB     F  swap  swap
#6  logical  14.0 GB     F  ext3  /home

I'm beginning to think that I need more space for hda2, which is 
/. I only have the Gnome metapackage loaded and I've used up a 
couple of gig.

I'm tempted to use gparted to resize some partitions, shrinking 
hda1 and enlarging hda2 and hda6. I can always just reinstall if 
I really mess things up. And I suppose that losing Windows 2000 
wouldn't be the worst thing that could happen. There's no data 
there, just programs. I'm either learning a lot or getting 
reckless. ;-)