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On Tuesday 16 October 2001 12:05 pm, TREVATXTAL@xxxxxxx wrote about Re: [LUG] Linux partitions: > > your question can you merge two partitions. > > I have successfully done just as you require useing partition magic with no > loss of data. > I had a 8 gig drive with a 2 and a 6 gig partition, useing partition magic > I made it one linux partition of 8 gig. > The 6 gig partition was nearly full with Linux files hence the nead for > more space. > Trevor > Long live Linux Excellent news, Trevor. I bought Partition Magic 6 some time ago when I still had Windows on the machine but the manual doesn't mention merging Linux partitions only FAT and NT permutations. Also, I now realise (I think) why the partition added when I first installed Windows was hda5 - am I right to think that this is because the first 4 partition labels are for primary partitions? Then because this machine was sole-Windows before being dual-boot, wouldn't it have gone to hda5 anyway? My other machine has, except I can't be 100% sure as I also changed my mind during the install on this one too and may have inadvertently fouled up the partition table. Trevor - did you just follow the manual instructions for merging windows partitions (allowing for the fact that Partition Magic would have to run from a floppy as it can't be installed on Linux)? When I did install Partition Magic on the old Windows partition, it only showed two partitions: Windows and Linux (which being an extended partition included the swap partition). So the current 2 Linux partitions should be adjacent. I've got this from fdisk -l under the current Linux only system: /dev/hda1 * 1 197 83 Linux /dev/hda2 198 525 85 Linux extended /dev/hda5 198 497 83 Linux /dev/hda6 498 525 82 Linux swap So the Linux partition on hda1 (the old Windows partition) is adjacent to the Linux extended partition (hda2) and the original Linux partition within the extended area starts without a gap, so is also adjacent? (Someone please tell me I'm reading this right before I trash this system AGAIN!) :-)) -- Neil Williams #-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-# linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx neil@xxxxxxxxxxxx www.codehelp.co.uk -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.