Re: Resizing hda1 question

[Andrew Clausen]

Steven Pagano wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I was looking for further info regarding resizing a partition.
> 
> I am currently using only one HD, it's a 13.6GB.  Currently under cfdisk
> my table looks like the following:
> 
> hda1 - - - Boot - - - Primary - - - Linux ext2 - - - 8422.69
> hda2 - - -          - - - Primary - - - Linux swap - - - 501.75
>          - - -          - - - Pri/Log  - - - Free Space - - - 4746.00
> 
> How would I get all of that free space to merge with my hda1 w/o
> disrupting any of my files.  Your instructions sound like I need to have
> the resizing drive (hda1) and freespace right next to each other,
> however it is not like that in my case.

This is correct.  However, if you remove your linux swap
partition, your free space will be next to your ext2 partition
;-)

So, kill partition 2, and grow partition 1, leaving some space
to create a new swap partition.

Andrew Clausen