[ubuntu-in] Help : Re-partitioning effects on existing install

[Arpan Patelia]

Hello everyone,

I've got a 250 GB HDD and I can not write to ext3 partitions inside
extended partition so I want to delete all logical(ext3)+extended
partition and recreate it. However I have a concern. My swap partition
is also a logical partition and after formatting whether I'll be able
to boot into my regular desktop shell or not? Considering that my
partition layout will be different after formatting, how the change in
partition numbering(especially swap partition) will affect my existing
install? In other words, my existing kubuntu setup is on primary
partition(sda1) and the swap partition is sda10, now if the swap
partition becomes sda3 then will I be able to boot normally into my
existing kubuntu install?

Please advice. Thank you in advance.

Arp at n