RE: Help resizing partitions!!!

[Dan Didier]

Per,

I need to resize my / to be smaller and then increase /home.  I was not
aware that you have to do this with a boot disk.  Have you had any luck?

Dan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Per Blomqvist [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 12:30 PM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Help resizing partitions!!!
> 
> 
> Hello.
> 
> I'm a Mandrake8.1 (Linux) user.I want to resize
> the partition on my disk, with a tool called "Parted".
> ( see: http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/ )
> It is suppose to do : creating, destroying,
> resizing, checking and copying partitions.
> 
> BUT the tricky thing is if you want to manipulate
> the root ("/") partition. -Then I have to make a
> "boot disk", and with the "parted" program, I believe?
> 
> I can't create this, a "boot disk" etc.
> And the documentation on there web-page, on this
> matter sucks.
> 
> I downloaded all (strange) package they provided,
> and tested all possible  ways I believed was described
> in that document.. But noo.( Lucky for me, there was
> a "parted".rpm on the Mandrake_installs, because I
> could not compile it ether ( it asked for the source
> for e2fs..bla)).((( I have tested a dos-program
> "FIPS", ones, and that splits partition,, so I'm not
> stupid. )))
> 
> I WANT, a boot-disk with the program "parted".
> ( Or maybe a other possible way to solve the same
> thing..)
> 
> Here is the additional data ( that I saw that others
> have included, while searching on Goggle ).
> 
> 
> "df" returns:
> 
> "Filsystem Storlek Anvnt Tillg Anv% Monterat på
> /dev/hda7    2.2G  1.9G  261M  88% /
> none          62M     0   61M   0% /dev/shm
> /dev/hda9    1.4G  170M  1.2G  12% /home
> /dev/hda1    7.9G  5.9G  2.0G  74% /mnt/win_c
> /dev/sda1    4.0G  3.4G  677M  84% /mnt/win_c2
> /dev/hda5    3.9G  2.4G  1.5G  60% /mnt/win_d
> /dev/hda6     16G   16G  423M  98% /mnt/win_e"
> 
> --
> 
> And "fdisk -l /dev/hda" returns:
> 
> "Disk /dev/hda: 255 huvuden, 63 sektorer, 4111 cylindrar
> Enheter = cylindrar av 16065 * 512 byte
>      Enhet Start Början Slut  Block    Id System
> /dev/hda1   *       1  1028  8257378+  c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
> /dev/hda2        1029  4111 24764197+  f Win95 Utökad (LBA)
> /dev/hda5        1029  1538  4096543+  b Win95 FAT32
> /dev/hda6        2049  4111 16571016   b Win95 FAT32
> /dev/hda7        1539  1827  2321361  83 Linux
> /dev/hda8        1828  1858   248976  82 Linux växling
> /dev/hda9        1859  2048  1526143+ 83 Linux"
> 
> --
> 
> (( hum, hope for answer*(s) .. ))
> 
> 
> 
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