On Sun, 2004-08-29 at 05:21, Paul Smith wrote: > Brian Parish wrote: > >>My computer has a dual boot (Mandrake 10 and Windows2000) and I would > >>like to enlarge Mandrake's partition at the expense of reducing > >>Windows2000 partition. So, I am here asking for advice about the safest > >>and the fastest way of doing this operation. > > > > It depends on whether you want to enlarge a specific partition because > > you are low on space on it, or whether you just want some more storage > > available on a linux file system. > > > > If it's the latter, then you can just use the tools under drakconf to > > shrink your doze partition, then create a new partition in the free > > space and mount it as /data or whatever. > > > > You can use this approach to, for example, increase the storage > > available under /home, by just mounting the new partition as > > /home/new-name. This makes /home physically segmented into two, but > > allows you to use it logically as a single storage area. > > > > It's a little more complicated if you need to really increase the size > > of an existing partition, so perhaps it would be best if you tell us > > more specifically what you need to achieve, so we can provide specific > > directions. > > Thanks, Brian. The reason for enlarging my Linux partition is the fact > that I have installed so many things that I am fearing that I am > reaching the limit of my hard disk capacity. (My Linux partition has 8,5 > GB.) I use MS Windows very, very, rarely and my MS Windows partition has > 11,5 GB, which is a waste... so, I am wanting to enlarge my Linux > partition. How can I check how my Linux partition is being used? > > Hoyt: you are very radical... :) > > Paul
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