On Sunday 13 March 2005 13:04, Irving, Dave wrote: > Really sorry to be a pain... you're not. > I've just got in to qtparted, and I've noticed that I've already got a > small 'hidden' partition. > My details look like this: > /dev/hda: > > Partition Type Status Size Start End > 01 /dev/hda1 ntfs Active 55.88GB 0.03MB 55.83GB > 02 /dev/hda-1 free Hidden 7.84MB 55.88GB 55.89GB > > >From the posts earlier, I was expecting a single active partition. > Should I just go ahead and resize partition 01 (/dev/hda)? I have no > idea what partition 02 (/dev/hda-1) is for!!! Will resizing 01 with 02 > around screw stuff up? I would expect '/dev/hda-1' to be a hidden 'system recovery' thing. It is right at the end of your disk (note the start and end values). shrinking /dev/hda1 should not affect this, and FC probably won't care about it either... you should be able to go ahead and just ignore the hidden part, resize /dev/hda1 and install FC. Stuart -- Stuart Sears RHCE, RHCX, RTFM, ASAP Seek simplicity -- and distrust it. -- Alfred North Whitehead
