Re: Newbie help how to enlarge root partition

2007-05-02 Thread cls
[This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] "John Fleming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've looked at fdisk and parted, but I need help. Do I need to start > over copying my 40GB HDD to a properly-partitioned 160GB HDD, or can > someone give me detailed instructions to expand my

Re: Newbie help how to enlarge root partition

2007-04-28 Thread John K Masters
On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 10:16:12 -0400 "John Fleming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've looked at fdisk and parted, but I need help. Do I need to start > over copying my 40GB HDD to a properly-partitioned 160GB HDD, or can > someone give me detailed instructions to expand my 40GB root > partition to

Re: Newbie help how to enlarge root partition

2007-04-28 Thread Jude DaShiell
There is no root partition. There is a root account but if memory serves is located in the "/" partition. So if that's correct, it's the slash partition you want to enlarge. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Newbie help how to enlarge root partition

2007-04-25 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
John Fleming wrote: > I'm the guy that recently dd'd hda (40GB) to hdb (160GB) and then put > the larger drive in the first position, making it now the new hda. I > knew I would then be using only 40GB of the 160GB HDD. I thought it > would be easy to enlarge the 40GB root partition, but this new

Newbie help how to enlarge root partition

2007-04-24 Thread John Fleming
I'm the guy that recently dd'd hda (40GB) to hdb (160GB) and then put the larger drive in the first position, making it now the new hda. I knew I would then be using only 40GB of the 160GB HDD. I thought it would be easy to enlarge the 40GB root partition, but this newbie is having trouble wit