Re: repartitioning: joining two partitions

2003-03-26 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Bob Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030326 09:58 PST]: > From /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/mini/Partition.gz: > > The primary partition used to house the logical partitions is > called an extended partition and it has its own file system type > (0x05). Unlike primary partitions, lo

Re: repartitioning: joining two partitions

2003-03-26 Thread Bob Hilliard
Vineet Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If you want 5 or more (usable partitions), you'll have to > create at least one "extended" partition. Each extended partition can > hold up to 4 more partitions. An extended partition is not limited to 4 logical partitions. >From /u

Re: repartitioning: joining two partitions

2003-03-25 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 02:16:23PM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote: | * Joris Huizer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030325 13:59 PST]: | > Derrick, you're reply is very helpfull - but I've got | > a new question based on the adjacency of partitions. [...] | Well, actually, LVM will work for non-adjacent partit

Re: repartitioning: joining two partitions

2003-03-25 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Joris Huizer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030325 13:59 PST]: > Hello, > > Derrick, you're reply is very helpfull - but I've got > a new question based on the adjacency of partitions. > > This is the partition table as it is: > > hda: hda1 > hdb: hdb1 hdb2 hdb3 hdb4 < hdb5 hdb6 > > > the hda disk is

Re: repartitioning: joining two partitions

2003-03-25 Thread Joris Huizer
Hello, Derrick, you're reply is very helpfull - but I've got a new question based on the adjacency of partitions. This is the partition table as it is: hda: hda1 hdb: hdb1 hdb2 hdb3 hdb4 < hdb5 hdb6 > the hda disk is where windows lives (for my dad) the /tmp is on hdb3, /home is on /hdb5 the p

Re: repartitioning: joining two partitions

2003-03-24 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 11:37:59AM -0800, Joris Huizer wrote: | Hello everybody, | | I have the following question: | I have four partitions: | /, /tmp, /usr, /home | | Is it possible to change the situation so that the | /tmp partition space becomes part of the /home (so the | /tmp is a normal f

Re: repartitioning: joining two partitions

2003-03-24 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Joris Huizer wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I have the following question: > I have four partitions: > /, /tmp, /usr, /home > > Is it possible to change the situation so that the > /tmp partition space becomes part of the /home (so the > /tmp is a normal folder in / )

Re: repartitioning: joining two partitions

2003-03-24 Thread Jorge Santos
Joris Huizer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello everybody, > > I have the following question: > I have four partitions: > /, /tmp, /usr, /home > > Is it possible to change the situation so that the > /tmp partition space becomes part of the /home (so the > /tmp is a normal folder in / ) ? It's