[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Is it a hard task to "steal" /dev/hda1 from DOS and now use it for
> Linux? Right now I'm looking at it as 340m of wasted space.
Nah, it's pretty easy. And I agree, any hdd with MS software on it is
wasted space. :)
> The output of "du -c /home" shows about 160m used. Can I do the
> following?....
>
> * use fdisk to make /dev/hda1 a linux partition
> * use mk2fs (or mke2fs, not sure which) to format for Linux
Mount it somewhere temporarily...
mount -t ext2 /dev/hda1 /mnt
Then copy everything from /home to /mnt Then delete everything out of
/home to free up some room.
> * copy my /home dir tree to this new partition
> * change fstab from: (not sure what the number fields are for?)
>
> /dev/hda1 /dosc vfat defaults 1 0
>
> to:
>
> /dev/hda1 /home ext2 defaults 1 1
Now, umount it...
umount /mnt
Now mount it in the proper location...
mount /home
> * boot my machine
No need for this step.
> * Write Bill a letter thanking him for the use of his software all
> these years.
Say "hi" from me and tell him I don't miss his software one bit.
> What do I have wrong? In reading what I have above, I'm not sure how I
> would copy /home to a new partition? Maybe I have to do all this from a
> boot floppy without the file system mounted?
You got most of it right. Except mounting the drive somewhere
temporarily to copy /home to it.
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