On Mon, 2005-03-21 at 07:17 +0100, Erik Jakobsen wrote:
Mike McMullin wrote:
On Mon, 2005-03-21 at 00:28, Erik Jakobsen wrote:
Hi.
I have SuSE 9.2 on one partition, and 9.1 on another partition. I need some more space now. 9.2 is on the first partition, and 9.1 on the last one. Is it possible to delete the 9.1 and use the space here for 9.2 also ?.
Short answer is yes. Things to consider are: boot loader configuration, fstab settings, having a /home directory in each install. I assume you are using one swap partition.
/etc/fstab for 9.2
/dev/hda1 / reiserfs acl,user_xattr 1 1 /dev/hda3 /data1 auto noauto,user 0 0 /dev/hda2 swap swap pri=42 0 0
Overview of the HDD:
Disk /dev/hda: 163.9 GB, 163928604672 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19929 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 2550 20482843+ 83 Linux /dev/hda2 2551 2679 1036192+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/hda3 2680 19928 138552592+ 83 Linux
You cannot combine hda1 with hda3 unless you change them to lvm. One way you can recover the space used is to re-partition/format. Of course you will need to backup and restore your data. Another way is to use other partitions within your running system such as /usr /opt /home partitions. These come from the space currently being used by hda3. The most efficient way will be to re-partition/format and create swap,/,/home. This will allow the maximum usage of your drive. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 * Only reply to the list please* "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge