weetat wrote:
Hi all ,
I am using Fedora core 2 (kernel 2.6.11.7) .
I would like to resize the fedora box partition.
The partition file system are shown below :
I would to delete /dev/sda2 which is window 2000 OS and copy over
remaining size to /dev/sda5 .
Anybody have any ideas how to do that ?
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 4 32098+ 12 Compaq diagnostics
/dev/sda2 * 5 1024 8193150 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 1025 1661 5116702+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 1662 5530 31077742+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 1662 2298 5116671 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 2299 2935 5116671 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 2936 3572 5116671 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 3573 3699 1020096 83 Linux
/dev/sda9 3700 5275 12659188+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda10 5276 5402 1020096 83 Linux
/dev/sda11 5403 5529 1020096 82 Linux swap
It's very, very dangerous to try to join partitions by deleting one and
expanding the second to use that space. Since they're adjacent, it
could be done using parted and resize2fs, but you really, REALLY need to
back up EVERYTHING before you start futzing around with the partition
tables. I can almost guarantee you'll mess up at least once. Trust me
on that.
You'd be better off using lvm to tie the two together, but you still
need to move the content off sda5 first. I hesitate to offer details
on how to do this in this forum, but in a nutshell, you'd:
1. Back up sda5.
2. Use "fdisk" to change the partition type of sda2 to 83 (linux).
3. Use "pvcreate" to create physical volumes (PVs) on sda2 and sda5
(this will wipe out the content of both partitions).
4. Use "vgcreate" to create a volume group out of sda2 and sda5.
5. Use "vgchange -y" to make the volume group visible.
6. Use "lvcreate" to create a logical volume (LV) out of the PVs.
7. Mount the LV where sda5 originally was.
8. Restore the old sda5 contents to the new LV.
You MUST read the man pages on pvcreate, vgcreate, vgchange, lvcreate,
and LVM in general. It's not difficult, but it is confusing the first
time you do it.
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