Tim: >> I agree with Les - when talking about arranging drive structure, you >> should mention that the process is destructive, and you should back up >> anything that you need to keep, first. Karl Larsen: > But I see no reason to be afraid of the set up proceedure. Yes you can > screw up fdisk and make an error or errors. But all you need to know is > to look at the changes with care before you hit w :-) Remember that when you write instructions, it's people who know little, or even nothing, about it, are going to be the ones following them. It's a common question that people will ask whether they can modify partitions without losing data. The answer is, "sometimes." Any instructions about modifying a drive structure really needs to make it clear from the outset, that you probably can't change a drive and keep what's on it, at the same time. If you look at other guides written about this sort of thing, you'll find that a large number of them will warn about losing data as part of the operation. They do so with good reason, I'd suggest you should follow that example. Not everybody partitions a drive before installing to it, some people do modify drive partitions on a drive in use. For instance, you can, often, mess around with partitions on a part of the drive that was previously not used, while keeping existing partitions as they are, but only if due care is taken. And, in *some* cases, it's possible to change the sizes of existing partitions, and keep the data in them. And there's plenty of other conditional things. This is a complex subject, and trying to condense it down into a one-page article may not be a good thing to do. You certainly can't be comprehensive, that way. -- [tim@bigblack ~]$ uname -ipr 2.6.22.1-41.fc7 i686 i386 Using FC 4, 5, 6 & 7, plus CentOS 5. Today, it's FC7. Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
