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disk partitioning

  • 26-10-2004 8:08pm
    #1
    bbbbb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 738 ✭✭✭


    would like to re-partition my disk, hoping some guru(s) can point me in the right direction, the history:

    40 GB hard drive, partitioned into 32, 1 & 6 GB (C, D & E), with FAT32 and windows 98 installed.
    Later added SuSE 8.2. It decided it wanted to split the 32G C partition rather than use the (then) free E drive, so I let it.
    Later applied some upgrade to W98, which totally messed up my install. What I would now like to do is split the 16G C partition into 2, and re-install windows on one half (keeping my messed up windows on the other half). Alternatively swap things around so that E becomes C and I can install on that.

    Specifically it looks like:
    linux: # fdisk -l

    Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40027029504 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4866 cylinders
    Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

    Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
    /dev/hda1 1 1716 13783738+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
    /dev/hda2 3985 4866 7084665 f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
    /dev/hda3 1718 1781 514080 82 Linux swap
    /dev/hda4 * 1782 3984 17695597+ 83 Linux
    /dev/hda5 3985 4108 995998+ b Win95 FAT32
    /dev/hda6 4109 4866 6088603+ b Win95 FAT32

    Partition table entries are not in disk order
    linux: # df
    Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
    /dev/hda4 17695048 3284700 14410348 19% /
    /dev/hda1 13756820 5338704 8418116 39% /windows/C
    /dev/hda5 994040 36 994004 1% /windows/D
    /dev/hda6 6076716 177772 5898944 3% /windows/E
    shmfs 127888 0 127888 0% /dev/shm
    linux: #

    (and nothing has been defragmented).

    Thanks.


Comments

  • #2
    tomk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,067 ✭✭✭tomk


    I would recommend you burn yourself a copy of SystemRescueCD and use the qtparted graphical partitioning tool included on it.
    bbbbb wrote:
    It decided it wanted to split the 32G C partition rather than use the (then) free E drive

    Another bit of advice - as a general rule of thumb, I avoid any OS that makes its own decisions about anything!


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