/dev/hda DOS /dev/hdb Me trusty Linux system
Device Boot Start End Blocks ID System /dev/hda1 * 1 518 2088544+ 6 FAT16 /dev/hda2 519 874 1435392 1b Hidden Win95 FAT32
Device Boot Start End Blocks ID System /dev/hdb1 1 50 201568+ 83 Linux /dev/hdb2 51 875 3326400 5 Extended /dev/hdb5 51 396 1395040+ 83 Linux /dev/hdb6 397 545 600736+ 83 Linux /dev/hdb7 546 644 399136+ 83 Linux /dev/hdb8 645 743 399136+ 83 Linux /dev/hdb9 744 842 399136+ 83 Linux /dev/hdb10 843 874 128992+ 82 Linux Swap
Output of df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hdb1 191M 99M 86M 55% / /dev/hdb6 568M 131M 408M 24% /home /dev/hdb8 377M 1.2M 357M 0% /tmp /dev/hdb5 1.6G 818M 432M 65% /usr /dev/hdb7 377M 120M 238M 33% /usr/src /dev/hdb9 377M 130M 228M 36% /var
So my question is... What would be the best way to convert and utilize the windows hdisk for my Linux system? Opinions appreciated!
I would make it like this: Remove partitions on hda Create a swap and a lvm partition Create a logical volume in the lvm for each filesystem on hdb except for hdb1 Format the volumes with reiserfs and move the filesystems over from hdb Delete all partitions on hdb except swap and root Create a lvm partition on hdb on the free space Extend the volumegroup to the hdb lvm partition Extend the logical volumes when you need space on them. You can do this while the system is running because you are using reiserfs and lvm now! /Stefan