I have a slightly confusing (to me) situation.
# mount
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/dev/sda1 on /mnt/usb type ext3 (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=jmccarty)
# grep sda1 /etc/fstab
/dev/sda1 /mnt/usb auto noauto,user,exec 0 0
# fdisk -l /dev/sda1
Disk /dev/sda1: 82.3 GB, 82335020544 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 10009 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk /dev/sda1 doesn't contain a valid partition table
Question 1: If there is no valid partition table, then how did I do
a mount?
Now, concerning repartitioning. I installed FC2 last October on
a Compaq Presario. It is now a dual-boot system with Windows XP
bootloader managing a secondary boot to GRUB which manages
the Linux boot. Placing GRUB into the MBR is not an option on
this machine, as it causes F10 auto-recovery to begin.
I used resizentfs and parted when I did the install, intending
to make XP and Linux have about 20G apiece on this 40G drive.
But I flubbed something, and Linux now has only 7G. It looks
like this:
# fdisk -l /dev/hda
Disk /dev/hda: 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/hda1 1 8625 4346968+ b W95 FAT32
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/hda2 * 8626 60915 26354160 7 HPFS/NTFS
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/hda3 60916 61118 102312 83 Linux
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/hda4 61119 77545 8279208 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/hda5 61119 76505 7755016+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 76506 77545 524128+ 82 Linux swap
# mount
/dev/hda5 on / type ext3 (rw)
/dev/hda3 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
I believe that /dev/hda1 is the "Compaq Recovery" partition,
/dev/hda2 is the Windows XP boot, /dev/hda5 and /hdev/hda6
are the logical volumes I created inside /dev/hda4.
Is there any simple way of doing another resize/parted which
can make this setup more like what I originally intended, or
am I basically SOL? (IOW, re-install time?)
If re-install is needed, what is the recommended new partition
layout? (I realize that the answer here is partially a matter
of taste.)
Mike
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