At 07:19 AM 07/06/2000 +0200, you wrote:
>Enlarging or reducing the FAT32 is no problem, but when it comes to
>enlarging the Linux Ext2FS, no luck, even if there is a free partition.
>All I can do is create another Linux partition from the free space, but I
>can increase the main Linux partition with all my files on it.
I'm guessing that your partitions look something like this:
+------beginning of drive--------+
windows
----end windows partition/ begin linux partition----
linux
+------end of drive-------------+
Data is (generally) stored at the beginning of a partition, so partitions
are resized by moving the beginning of a partition. When you "shrink"
windows, the drive will now look like this:
+------beginning of drive--------+
windows
----end windows partition----
gap
----begin linux partition----
linux
+------end of drive-------------+
(no flames about the ascii art, please <grin>)
If you MUST have one partition for linux, then you will have to back up
your linux partition, delete the partition, create a new larger linux
partition, and restore the data. As an alternate, why not create a new
partition in the "gap" area and mount it as a part of your linux file
system. It will then look and feel like a regular part of your linux system
(no separate drive letters or anything like that). The only downside to
this approach is if you need to make a huge file that will be bigger than
the new partition.
I would use fdisk to do all of the above. Just take a deep breath and go
slowly and carefully.
Mark
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