Mike McCarty wrote:
I have a slightly confusing (to me) situation. # mount [snip] /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?
Disks have partition tables, partitions don't. You probably meant: # fdisk -l /dev/sda
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.
These are "logical partitions", not "logical volumes" - there is a difference.
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?)
You could shrink hda2 to 15G or so, expand hda4 to include the recivered space, move hda5 to the start of hda4 and then size it to include the extra space up to the start of hda6. But I'd be inclined just to reinstall personally.
If re-install is needed, what is the recommended new partition layout? (I realize that the answer here is partially a matter of taste.)
Indeed it is. Also a matter of what your requirements are. Paul.
