On Sun, 23 Dec 2007, Namita Iyer wrote: > Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 21:21:04 +0530 > From: Namita Iyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [twincling] merging partitions > > 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 >
Hi Namita: Is the following approach possible: . format /dev/hda1 to ReiserFS file system . append /dev/hda1 to /dev/hda4 What i had in mind was that shifting /dev/hda1 to append to /dev/hda4 should cause change in offset boundaries for the partition. This can be fixed by re-running grub-install. What are your thoughts ? thanks Saifi.
