-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 03.07.2012 09:09, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > Hi, > > modern fdisk puts the first partition at block 63 while older > version have put it at block 1. > > Now, I'm going to upgrade an older system. Is it safe to > repartition it by letting the first partition start 63 and > shortening the first partition by 62 blocks? > > (I will loose the first partition which doesn't matter in my > case.) > > Many thanks for sharing your experience, Helmut. >
Do you want to resize the partition or do you want to delete and recreate it? The second option is no problem, the first could lead to some data loss (if you are unlucky). -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJP8p5gAAoJEJwwOFaNFkYcoDAIAMNRsPzJq8ukcX8SYfpt2TAN y4UQ8l39zdJx+8WLTHwEAcjDIsYti0xOPzz38RteMCJ4lY6KSDlw7QdpQQv6wK4V EuNfpnUXrb+ty6Fk6X3mS5bUS6rDmTrxGFVeFJha2tklHR7oPNa8CVrULSccpZrG spLBUy8q/XxlkjB/dCn2zzfDFhOzAkqmuCxLgGoj7QDBfOBBsCE3HF3JqlkD3JFt OusMVlFHZf2RI1/1G/R1Hq5WQfQAKe2Y6cLLYvmHGx+gWFbyudIL7FQpsX+orCc0 arUGe5V2swt7NGN3DvjxLbLWubuPmqKfMS/iDNkYUZS3xso2EpVZzUXBU4sLwcc= =Of29 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
