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Fernando Meira wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> this is how my disk is divided: |
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> Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes |
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> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4864 cylinders |
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> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes |
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> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System |
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> /dev/hda1 * 1 1275 10241406 7 HPFS/NTFS |
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> /dev/hda2 1276 4208 23559322+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA) |
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> /dev/hda3 4209 4271 506047+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris |
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> /dev/hda4 4272 4864 4763272+ 83 Linux |
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> /dev/hda5 1276 4208 23559291 b W95 FAT32 |
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> Now I want to clean hda1 (which has windows) and mount there /usr and |
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> point $PORTAGE_TMPDIR there (because my gentoo system, in hda4, run out |
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> of space). Once I'm doing this, I could split that partition into |
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> smaller ones (e.g. to create /boot), but hda1 needs to be Extended. So, |
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> 1. Can /boot be inside an Extended partition? Would probably be place in |
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> hda6... |
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Don't know |
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> 2. In case of not changing my boot config (my doing Q1), will I need to |
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> re-install my bootloader in MBR anew? Or on other words, will MBR be |
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> erased when cleaning hda1? |
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MBR is not erased, but it need to know where /boot is, whit grub you |
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need to repeat the |
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grub |
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root (hd0,x) |
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setup (hd0) |
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quit |
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phase. |
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Having different partitions for an home system (with the exception of |
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/boot in hda1 ) has always revealed useless for me. |
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Also allocating 100 Mb for hda1/boot your first partition is much bigger |
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than the actual "/dev/hda4" . |
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What about to move your entire system in that place ? When finished this |
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leave to you the entire space hda4 space and the choice of what to with |
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that. |
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The easyer way I know to to this is |
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1) have handy a bootable livecd/resque disk. |
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2) substituite hda1 with |
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- hda1 = "/boot" = 50-100 Mb |
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- hda2 = "/" = all the rest |
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3) mkfs.[your preferred] /dev/hda1 |
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4) mkfs.[your preferred] /dev/hda2 |
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5) Stop all services you can |
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6) mkdir /mnt/TheFuture /mnt/ThePast |
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7) mount -obind / /mnt/ThePast |
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8) mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/TheFuture |
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9) mkdir /mnt/TheFuture/boot |
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10) mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/TheFuture/boot |
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11) cp -a /mnt/ThePast/* /mnt/TheFuture/ |
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12) check with "ls -al /mnt/ThePast/" if there are hidden file to copy |
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13) change /mnt/TheFuture/etc/fstab /boot/grub/grub.conf |
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14) rerun your bootloader install phase (if grub see before) |
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reboot |
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Try to boot each of your S.O. |
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Warning the previous mentioned hda1 may be called hdaX from the |
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partitioner, check it. |
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Hint, groub admit editing of the boot parameters pressing "e" key, may |
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be handy if there are any mistake in grub.conf |
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> Question extra :) : what tends to be bigger /etc or /usr ? |
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check it yourself |
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#du -sh /etc /usr |
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"usr" is the bigger partition in the system usually |
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> Thanks, |
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> Fernando |
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HIH, Francesco |
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