-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 08 March 2004 11:32 am, dballester@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi: > > Well, well, well... welcome to the freedoom club ;) > > Supousing that you will delete your windows partitions, here is what i > could do: > > (In general, if you think that's good, let me know to explain in detail) Well, it sounds pretty good, but I think it would be a good idea to let the thread continue for a few days, in case anybody else cares to comment. :-) > > Backup your important data from windows to linux ( docs, > spreadsheets, music, images, etc...). Nothing to do here. > > Delete partitions in /dev/hda ( windows disk ) > > Swap disks physicaly ( windows disk ( 20Gb ) will be at /dev/hdc and > linux disk will be at /dev/hda ) I prefer not to do this. I was really wanting to use the 40GB drive (/dev/hdc) for storage rather than the os. > > Boot machine with Fedora Disk1, in rescue mode. > > When prompted to mount your system under /mnt/sysimage respond yes. > Then execute 'chroot /mnt/sysimage'. ( I don't remember if it's sysimage or > another name...) > > Edit /etc/fstab. References to /dev/hdc must point now to /dev/hda. How do I deal with the LABEL tag? LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1 LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 > > Edit /boot/grub/grub.conf. Delete lines corresponding to windows. > References to hd2 will point now to hd0 > > Save file. > > Execute grub-install > > Exit from chroot. > > Reboot. > > You have your fedora working from /dev/hda. > > Now, the funny steps : > ======================= > > Shutdown -r now > > Startup with single mode Hold it...am I starting up from the rescue disk or from the hard disk? > > We will use logical volumes, with them, we will expand our disks more > easily in the future. I don't understand why I would want to do that. I definitly will not be adding any more hard disks to this computer, I've never felt a need to create logical volumes before, and I've been using Linux off and on since RH 6.2. > > Create partition for swap in /dev/hdc ( space can be 1 x RAM ), > create 1 partition of ext3 type in /dev/hdc for /tmp partition and create 1 > LVM partition for /home. ( be sure to left 1-1,5 Gb free without > partitioning ) How can I determine the size of my current swap partition? Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdc3 75466 77545 1048320 82 Linux swap Why would I want to leave 1-1.5 GB free space? > > swap on /dev/hdc/<swap_partition> > > Configure LVM to make 1 physical volume, and assign all space in this > partition for /home with ext3. > > mkdir /mnt/new_home > > Format /dev/hdc/<tmp_partition> with ext3. > > mount /dev/hdc/<lvm_home> /mnt/new_home > > cp -pRH /home/* /mnt/new_home > > mv /home /old_home mv /mnt/new_home /home ???? > > Edit /etc/fstab to change values according to new configuration. > > Reboot. > > ( If your original / is not full, and is data can be moved to > /dev/hdc for a while, i would be nice to make / again under LVM, too ). > > HTH > > Regards > > > > > > > > > > > David Ballester Montolio > Responsable de Sistemas y Comunicaciones > Kern Pharma, S.L. > www.kernpharma.com > > GNU! > > |---------+------------------------------> > | > | | Charles Howse | > | | <chowse@xxxxxxxxxxx| > | | > | | Enviado por: | > | | fedora-list-admin@r| > | | edhat.com | > | | > | | > | | 08/03/2004 17:40 | > | | Por favor, responda| > | | a fedora-list | > | > |---------+------------------------------> > | > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >-----------------------------------------------------| > > > | Para: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > | | cc: > | > | | Asunto: renovate partitions without > | reinstalling > | | > | > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >-----------------------------------------------------| > > Hi, > I'm currently dual-booting winXP Pro and FC1, and the time has come to free > > myself from Microsoft! (long pause while cheers and applause subside) > > I have a really, really, really great install of FC1 working now, and > prefer > not to do a complete reinstall. > > I've googled a bit and looked around on the LDP for a HOWTO, but haven't > found > anything acceptable. > > My current setup: > [root@moe root]# fdisk -l > > Disk /dev/hdc: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes > 16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 77545 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hdc1 * 1 203 102280+ 83 Linux > /dev/hdc2 204 75465 37932048 83 Linux > /dev/hdc3 75466 77545 1048320 82 Linux swap > > Disk /dev/hda: 20.5 GB, 20525137920 bytes > 16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 39770 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hda1 * 1 39749 20033023+ 7 HPFS/NTFS > > Grub is installed in the MBR of /dev/hda. > > I would like to have the following new setup: > /boot, /, swap on /dev/hda > /home, /tmp, swap on /dev/hdc > Grub in the MBR of /dev/hda > > I have a good backup, and don't mind reinstalling if there's no other > option, > but I was wondering if anyone could give me a nudge in the right direction? > > -- > Charles Howse > Jackson, TN > Registered Linux user # 347576 (http://counter.li.org) > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list - -- Charles Howse Jackson, TN Registered Linux user # 347576 (http://counter.li.org) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFATLl4/S+VsB9RMKgRApW+AJ0QAIE4EVeDH98eZoFw3b+ex0d2/gCffukY gLns+5lwzffGDwDFmP1/MXQ= =7Tjy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
