Re: HD reconfiguring

[Adam Bertram <mailinglists sigecom net>]

I would use Partition Magic from Powerquest.  In there, I would remove the 
windoze partition and just create an ext2 partition in its place.

A 

---- Original message ----
>Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 14:16:23 -0700
>From: Patrick Nelson <pnelson neatech com>  
>Subject: HD reconfiguring  
>To: "RedHat List (E-mail)" <redhat-list redhat com>
>
>This system current HD configuration is:
>
>/dev/hda  DOS   
>/dev/hdb  RH 6.2
>
>I never boot into windows anymore so I want to grab the hdisk space for
>Linux.  The current partition tables for the system are as follows:
>
>  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 hd for my RH system?  Opinions appreciated!
>
>
>
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