[gentoo-user] partition resizing question

[Leigh Stewart]

I recently decided to resize my reiserfs root partition, used
resize_reiserfs to shrink the filesystem, then used cfdisk to resize
the device.  Everything went according to plan, although it was a
somewhat unnerving experience because in order to resize using cfdisk
u have to delete then recreate the partition, which wasn't clearly
documented anywhere... Anyway, now Ive got a problem because my disk
at the moment has 3 primary partitions, 1 boot part., 1 swap part, and
one root part. for gentoo.

the problem is i cant create a new primary partition which i need to
do if i want to install windows beside gentoo, which i also need to
do.

does anyone know if it would be possible to replace my boot and swap
partitions with identically sized logical partitions inside a single
primary partition? has anyone attempted this? it occurs to me that
that would be the simplest solution...

anyone have any other ideas?

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Re: [gentoo-user] partition resizing question

[Benno Schulenberg]

Leigh Stewart wrote:
> does anyone know if it would be possible to replace my boot and
> swap partitions with identically sized logical partitions inside
> a single primary partition?

That should work.  You could even make all three partitions logical 
ones, Linux has no problem with that.  You did make room at the 
_start_ of the disk for a new primary to hold the dark side?

> has anyone attempted this? 

Not I.  So back up the current layout somewhere, to be able to 
restore it in case the new one somehow doesn't work.

Benno
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