>From: Dylan Hardison <dylanwh@gmail.com>
>Reply-To: slug@nks.net
>To: slug@nks.net
>Subject: Re: [SLUG] Partition Question
>Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 01:52:32 -0500
>
>On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 01:44:16 -0500, Delusion <delusions@tampabay.rr.com>
>wrote:
> > Currently I am dual booting my box have suse 9.2 and windows 2k3 server
> > going. Since I have gotten my needed apps running under linux now. I was
> > wondering if there was a way to kill my windows partation and Rejoin the
> > partitions. I know someone will say Partition Magic will do the trick
> > but i can't seem to find my copy of it.
> >
> > Is there a way there a linux app that will do the same thing that
> > partition magic will. Or should I just formart completely and reinstall
> > suse?
>
>QtParted might work -- try searching freshmeat.net for "system rescue CD",
>which is a live-CD that you can boot into to mess with partitions with
>QtParted.
>
>That might not be the best option, however. It might be better to just
>format the partition and mount it. For example, you could make it
>/home/, or /usr/.
>That might actually be the easier thing to do, and it's certainly safer.
I agree with Dylan. However, if you do decide to play with the partition
table, let me offer some advice:
Backup your data!
Backup your data!
Backup your data!
Of course, *I've* never made any silly mistake that cost me gigs of valuable
data. It was, uhm... a friend of mine that taught me that painful lesson :)
But seriously if you do attempt to modify the partitions, be prepared to
loose everything on the HDD in case something goes awry.
I prefer to edit the partition table with a live CD such as SystemRescue
(http://www.sysresccd.org/) to avoid the chance that editing one parition
will corrupt another that is currently mounted.
-Jonathon
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