Saifi Khan wrote: > Hi all: > > How does one merge two partitions on a single disk, > given the layout as shown below. > > /dev/hda1 /base ext3 8 GB > /dev/hda2 /boot ext3 256 MB > /dev/hda3 swap linux-swap 2047 MB > /dev/hda4 / reiserfs 9 GB > > The two partitions that i want to merge are > /dev/hda1 /base > and > /dev/hda4 / > > Any suggestions on how this can be accomplished ? > > > thanks > Saifi. >
Hi Saifi, A partion is a contiguous area on the disk. The partitions you are trying to merge are non contiguous areas. That is the first reason why you cannot merge these partitions. Secondly, when you say 'merge' do you want to keep the data intact ? That is not possible in your case because the filesystems on the two partitions in your case are different. Neither FS can interpret metadata of the other even if they are contiguous. Namita
