Hey ho, Due to some bad initial partitioning scheme, I'm now stuck with WinXP on C: (/dev/hda1) and a FAT32-partition on /dev/hda2. Then comes Debian, installed on some logical partitions.
I would like to shrink the FAT-partition (which is way too big), and - of course - regain the freed space for Debian. For some reason or another, I think it's not quite possible to do just that. Which is why I figured it might be easier to just back up as much as possible, repartition, and then copy the backups to where they came from. My question being: is it possible to just copy whole directory trees and put them back afterwards? I know that's not a problem at all with /home or /etc, but can I do the same with /var or /usr? Will everything still properly function afterwards (like, for example, dpkg & apt)? Or is it just a master plan to reach chaos, panic and disorder? Thanks in advance for any encouraging words. Or warnings, for that matter. Greets, Tom -- "Was soll uns denn das ew'ge Schaffen! Geschaffenes zu nichts hinwegzuraffen!" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]