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I have a 60GB hard drive partitioned as follows:
Disk /dev/sda: 60.0 GB, 60011642880 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7296 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 892 7164958+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 893 905 104422+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 906 1392 3911827+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda4 1393 7296 47423880 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 1393 4432 24418768+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 4433 7296 23005048+ 83 Linuxsda5 houses my (now unused) Ubuntu install while sda6 contains my (frequently used) Arch install. I want to get rid of sda5 and use the space created to increase the size of my sda6 partition. I don't want to kill my Arch install, but I'm not sure what I should do. Can someone please advise me of the best way to go about this?
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Your best call is to get some LiveCD like System Rescue CD or RIP and use gparted (in X environment). If you use ext3/xfs on sda6, you should be able to grow your filesystem (backuping sda6 is preferable anyway). If not, you should copy sda6 contents somewhere, get rid of both partitions, create one in its place and copy Arch installation back.
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Thanks for the response. I've not used Gparted much, but I'll have a go at 'growing' sda6.
What's the best way to backup my Arch install? Should I use a LiveCD, mount sda6, and then 'tar.gz' the whole partition using the tar command while in the LiveCD environment? Or is there a better way, eg. an app that does it for me?
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Should I use a LiveCD, mount sda6, and then 'tar.gz' the whole partition using the tar command while in the LiveCD environment?
That's the best way.
Remember to adjust fstab and grub/lilo when you move solely to sda5.
Last edited by lucke (2007-04-04 10:32:09)
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