RE: [LI] Repartitioning the Disk

["Urmil Parikh" <urmil@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

1) Regarding increasing the size of the partition.

Aruneesh :
> Well, in my case, i decreased the space for the DOS partition
> and reinstalled Linux.
> What possibly can be done, otherwise is mount a majorly occupied 
> mount point "/usr" on a different and bigger partition.

No other way than re-installing linux?

Aruneesh :
> In case of increasing the size of the partition, there is a risk
> involved, but if you want you may give it a try. You can change
> the values of the starting and the ending sector number for the
> partition, making sure that no other partition is using that area.
> If you need some more input on this, do ask.

This method seems extremely low-level and may not be possible all
the time or is it?

2) Regarding multiple partition for same mount point.

Aruneesh :
> In case of Linux, there is a one to one mapping between the
> mount point and the partition.

Venu :
> if you just want to increase the size of your hard disk, the 
> partitioning disk supplied with the PCQ CDs is quite sufficient.

If I remember, Disk Druid utility supplied in PCQ CDs gives option
for selecting physical disk if more than one disks are present. 

Anybody has tried selecting more than one disk for same partition? 
I haven't tried it but I would like to know if it lets select more
than one disk and what it does in such case.

Thanks for the response.

Regards
Urmil Parikh
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