I think that it is safer not to extend a partition. I think you'd better
change your FAT into a linux (ext2) partition. This is easily done with
fdisk (or cfdisk. This one is a bit more user-friendly).
Once this is done, you can make an ext2 filesystem on it (with mke2fs)
and mount it somewhere in your system. IE : If you need place for
personnal files, you could mount it in your /home directory or something
like that.
If you don't know how to proceed to transfer your /home (or any other
part of your linux filesystem) to your new partition, the
Harddisk-upgrade-HOWTO (or mini-HOWTO. I can't remember) should give you
some good hints. If you are still lost with it, scream for help on the
list. (Or browse the list archive. This has already been answered)
HTH
Flupke
Eric Mings wrote:
>
> I originally setup my disk with both linux and a windows partition. I am
> no longer using windows on this machine and would like to remove the
> partition without risk of damaging my linux data. Ideally I would like to
> be able to expand one of my linux partitions to take advantage of the new
> space, however making a new linux partition would be an acceptable option
> as well. How can I do this without the possibility of damaging my linux
> system data? Thanks.
>
> Regards,
>
> Eric Mings Ph.D.
