Hello,
I have a dual-boot system (with windows-98 and redhat 7.3) setup on an old
hard disk. I recently obtained a new hard drive and have their order
configured such that the old drive is /dev/hda and the new one is
/dev/hdb. The partitions on /dev/hda are as follows:
/dev/hda1 * 1 960 7703608+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hda2 960 963 30240 83 Linux
/dev/hda3 963 1365 3228120 83 Linux
/dev/hda4 1365 1653 2313360 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 1365 1397 257008+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda6 1397 1653 2056288+ 83 Linux
with /dev/hda2 -> /boot, /dev/hda3 -> /, /dev/hda6 -> /home.
The partitions on /dev/hdb are defined as:
/dev/hdb1 1 6684 53689198+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hdb2 6685 8143 11719417+ 83 Linux
/dev/hdb3 8144 9600 11703352+ 83 Linux
/dev/hdb4 9601 9729 1036192+ 82 Linux swap
I want to: install Fedora on /dev/hdb by making /dev/hdb2 -> /, copy
/dev/hda6 to /dev/hdb3 (-> /home) and successfully dual-boot. I have the
following questions;
1. Can I boot from the Fedora CD and get the installation going (with
properly defined partitions) and subsequently mounting and copying /dev/hda6
to /home, without disturbing anything on /dev/hda at all?
2. Is it preferred that I preserve the /boot partition - i.e. will it help
if /boot remains on /dev/hda2?
3. What are the details I must watch out for in this process?
4. Finally - if all goes well, can I delete partitions /dev/hda(2)3-6 and
make /dev/hda available as one single partition, without hosing windows?
Thanks in advance,
-K
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