On Mon, 20 Dec 2004, Eric wrote:
> Hello all.
>
> I was in need of some more hard disk space and so I figured I'd reclaim some
> of the unused space in my rarely used XP partition. XP is located on hda1.
> I resized hda1 from 35GB to 15GB using ntfsresize leaving ~20GB of free
> space, but I can't create a new partition since I've already got 3 primary
> partitions (+ 1 extended). Is there any way I can create a logical
> partition out of the now unused space on hda1 (keeping in mind that the
> free space is physically located between hda1 and hda2)?
assuming ntfsresize worked properly and correctly
0) -- do NOT use random number for partition scheme assigned by
the default installers
- use all 3 primary partitions before using logical partitions
1) remember the start and end cylinder number of hda1 and the current
hda2
- backup any data BEFORE you play with partitions
2) delete hda2
3) create a new hda2 at the end of hda1 and before your previous hda2
- insert the new partition
4) create a new partition hda3 of the previous old hda2
- run e2fsck or equivalent on the new hda3
- rename any references to hda2 to be the new hda3
5) format hda2 after the system is working properly like before
and than mount and use the new space
c ya
alvin
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