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On Thu, 04 May 2006 16:58:13 -0400, Leigh Stewart wrote: |
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> I recently decided to resize my reiserfs root partition, used |
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> resize_reiserfs to shrink the filesystem, then used cfdisk to resize the |
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> device. Everything went according to plan, although it was a somewhat |
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> unnerving experience because in order to resize using cfdisk u have to |
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> delete then recreate the partition, which wasn't clearly documented |
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> anywhere... Anyway, now Ive got a problem because my disk at the moment |
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> has 3 primary partitions, 1 boot part., 1 swap part, and one root part. |
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> for gentoo. |
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> the problem is i cant create a new primary partition which i need to do |
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> if i want to install windows beside gentoo, which i also need to do. |
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You can have 4 primary partitions. That is not a problem. Unless the last |
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partition begins after the 1024 cylinder boundary. In which case M$ will |
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not be happy. |
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> does anyone know if it would be possible to replace my boot and swap |
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> partitions with identically sized logical partitions inside a single |
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> primary partition? has anyone attempted this? it occurs to me that that |
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> would be the simplest solution... |
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Setting up an extended partition scheme would work fine. However, using |
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cfdisk, you cannot make the conversion without losing data. Because of |
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reiser, even a program like Partition Magic (the best for this sort of |
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manipulation) can't work. |
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Given your current setup, here's what I would do. Move swap to the last |
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partition, Linux to 3, M$ to 2, and leave boot. If you use grub, you can |
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program it to boot M$ easily. |
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> anyone have any other ideas? |
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> Yes. Backup. Then Backup. Then Backup again! |
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Peter |
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