Re: renovate partitions without reinstalling

From: Charles Howse (chowse_at_charter.net)
Date: 03/08/04

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    On Monday 08 March 2004 11:32 am, dballester@kernpharma.com wrote:
    > Hi:
    >
    > Well, well, well... welcome to the freedoom club ;)
    >
    > Supousing that you will delete your windows partitions, here is what i
    > could do:
    >
    > (In general, if you think that's good, let me know to explain in detail)

    Well, it sounds pretty good, but I think it would be a good idea to let the
    thread continue for a few days, in case anybody else cares to comment. :-)
    >
    > Backup your important data from windows to linux ( docs,
    > spreadsheets, music, images, etc...).

    Nothing to do here.
    >
    > Delete partitions in /dev/hda ( windows disk )
    >
    > Swap disks physicaly ( windows disk ( 20Gb ) will be at /dev/hdc and
    > linux disk will be at /dev/hda )

    I prefer not to do this. I was really wanting to use the 40GB drive
    (/dev/hdc) for storage rather than the os.
    >
    > Boot machine with Fedora Disk1, in rescue mode.
    >
    > When prompted to mount your system under /mnt/sysimage respond yes.
    > Then execute 'chroot /mnt/sysimage'. ( I don't remember if it's sysimage or
    > another name...)
    >
    > Edit /etc/fstab. References to /dev/hdc must point now to /dev/hda.

    How do I deal with the LABEL tag?

    LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1
    LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
    >
    > Edit /boot/grub/grub.conf. Delete lines corresponding to windows.
    > References to hd2 will point now to hd0
    >
    > Save file.
    >
    > Execute grub-install
    >
    > Exit from chroot.
    >
    > Reboot.
    >
    > You have your fedora working from /dev/hda.
    >
    > Now, the funny steps :
    > =======================
    >
    > Shutdown -r now
    >
    > Startup with single mode

    Hold it...am I starting up from the rescue disk or from the hard disk?
    >
    > We will use logical volumes, with them, we will expand our disks more
    > easily in the future.

    I don't understand why I would want to do that.
    I definitly will not be adding any more hard disks to this computer, I've
    never felt a need to create logical volumes before, and I've been using Linux
    off and on since RH 6.2.
    >
    > Create partition for swap in /dev/hdc ( space can be 1 x RAM ),
    > create 1 partition of ext3 type in /dev/hdc for /tmp partition and create 1
    > LVM partition for /home. ( be sure to left 1-1,5 Gb free without
    > partitioning )

    How can I determine the size of my current swap partition?
    Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
    /dev/hdc3 75466 77545 1048320 82 Linux swap

    Why would I want to leave 1-1.5 GB free space?
    >
    > swap on /dev/hdc/<swap_partition>
    >
    > Configure LVM to make 1 physical volume, and assign all space in this
    > partition for /home with ext3.
    >
    > mkdir /mnt/new_home
    >
    > Format /dev/hdc/<tmp_partition> with ext3.
    >
    > mount /dev/hdc/<lvm_home> /mnt/new_home
    >
    > cp -pRH /home/* /mnt/new_home
    >
    > mv /home /old_home

    mv /mnt/new_home /home ????
    >
    > Edit /etc/fstab to change values according to new configuration.
    >
    > Reboot.
    >
    > ( If your original / is not full, and is data can be moved to
    > /dev/hdc for a while, i would be nice to make / again under LVM, too ).
    >
    > HTH
    >
    > Regards
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > David Ballester Montolio
    > Responsable de Sistemas y Comunicaciones
    > Kern Pharma, S.L.
    > www.kernpharma.com
    >
    > GNU!
    >
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    > | | Charles Howse |
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    > | | Asunto: renovate partitions without
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    >
    > Hi,
    > I'm currently dual-booting winXP Pro and FC1, and the time has come to free
    >
    > myself from Microsoft! (long pause while cheers and applause subside)
    >
    > I have a really, really, really great install of FC1 working now, and
    > prefer
    > not to do a complete reinstall.
    >
    > I've googled a bit and looked around on the LDP for a HOWTO, but haven't
    > found
    > anything acceptable.
    >
    > My current setup:
    > [root@moe root]# fdisk -l
    >
    > Disk /dev/hdc: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
    > 16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 77545 cylinders
    > Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes
    >
    > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
    > /dev/hdc1 * 1 203 102280+ 83 Linux
    > /dev/hdc2 204 75465 37932048 83 Linux
    > /dev/hdc3 75466 77545 1048320 82 Linux swap
    >
    > Disk /dev/hda: 20.5 GB, 20525137920 bytes
    > 16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 39770 cylinders
    > Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes
    >
    > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
    > /dev/hda1 * 1 39749 20033023+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
    >
    > Grub is installed in the MBR of /dev/hda.
    >
    > I would like to have the following new setup:
    > /boot, /, swap on /dev/hda
    > /home, /tmp, swap on /dev/hdc
    > Grub in the MBR of /dev/hda
    >
    > I have a good backup, and don't mind reinstalling if there's no other
    > option,
    > but I was wondering if anyone could give me a nudge in the right direction?
    >
    > --
    > Charles Howse
    > Jackson, TN
    > Registered Linux user # 347576 (http://counter.li.org)
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    Charles Howse
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