On 07/03/2012 09:25:20 AM, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote:
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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).
I'd like to delete and recreate ONLY the first partition (which is
small).
The question is, can I keep the other partitions.
As far as I remember, I once deleted the extended partition and tried
to recreate
logical partitions "at the same place". But that didn't work.
Helmut.
