Resize XP partition for more Ubuntu space

[Vram]

On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 14:43 -0500, Charles Malespin wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 12:33 -0700, Vram wrote:
> > On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 13:52 -0500, Charles Malespin wrote:
> > > > I think you are in luck....
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Looking at your fstab...
> > > > 
> > > > I don't see /dev/sda3
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > So delete your current /dev/sda3 and make the large
> > > > partition /dev/sda3..
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Old table
> > > > #####################3
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > /dev/sda1     Fat16       63 Mb
> > > > > > /dev/sda2     Ntfs    20.5 Gb
> > > > > > Unallocated               65.5 Gb
> > > > > > /dev/sda3     ext3        102 Mb
> > > > > > /dev/sda4     extended    67 Gb
> > > > > >   /dev/sda5   ext 3       64 Gb
> > > > > >   /dev/sda6   swap        2.5 Gb
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > So the new /dev/sda3 would be 65.5 Gig
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > All you have is root and swap
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Am I missing something??
> > > > 
> > > > Can you post
> > > > 
> > > > df -h
> > > 
> > > 
> > >  df -h
> > > Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> > > /dev/sda5              63G   11G   49G  18% /
> > > tmpfs                 506M     0  506M   0% /dev/shm
> > > /dev/sda2              21G   11G  9.9G  51% /media/windows
> > > /dev                   63G   11G   49G  18% /.dev
> > > none                  5.0M  2.8M  2.3M  55% /dev
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Where does the /dev/sda3 come from then?  I know(think...)
> > > that /dev/sda4 is my extended partition.  Sorry, this is all new to me
> > > so I am trying to learn as fast as I can.  Thanks!
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > Sure enough.
> > 
> > You are not using /dev/sda3...
> > 
> > You can delete /dev/sda3.
> > 
> > And recreate /dev/sda3 
> > 
> > I would do this by had using fdisk /dev/sda
> > 
> > Then format /dev/sda3 using
> > 
> > mkfs.ext3  /dev/sda3
> > 
> > 
> > Then create a mount in the /etc/fstab and you are good to go.
> 
> 
> Just to make sure...  I opened qtparted and when it lists all the
> partitions it labeled my /dev/sda3 partition as /boot, but Gparted didnt
> label it at all... Error with qtparted?  It was 101.98 Mb big.  I can
> delete this?  I should delete this via qtparted(or Gparted), then do the
> fdisk /dev/sda command.  Then do the mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda3 command?  Sorry
> I got lost there.(I feel really dumb asking all these questions...)
> Thanks again, 
> Charles
> 
> 


This is my information...


root at Aether:/etc # dog fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
/dev/hda3       /               reiserfs defaults        0       1
/dev/hda1       /boot           ext2    defaults        0       2
/dev/hda9       /home           reiserfs defaults        0       2
/dev/hda7       /tmp            ext3    defaults        0       2
/dev/hda5       /usr            reiserfs defaults        0       2
/dev/hda8       /usr/local      ext3    defaults        0       2
/dev/hda6       /var            reiserfs defaults        0       2
/dev/hda10      /work           reiserfs defaults        0       2
/dev/hda2       none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/hdb2       none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/hdc        /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 ro,user,noauto  0       0
/dev/fd0        /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto  0       0
/dev/hdb3       /mnt/old_home   reiserfs defaults       0       0
/dev/sda        /mnt/fob        auto    defaults        0       0
/dev/hdb5       /image          reiserfs defaults       0       0





root at Aether:/etc # df -h
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda3             7.5G  242M  7.3G   4% /
tmpfs                 380M     0  380M   0% /dev/shm
/dev/hda1              96M   20M   72M  22% /boot
/dev/hda9             9.4G  610M  8.8G   7% /home
/dev/hda7             4.6G   33M  4.4G   1% /tmp
/dev/hda5             4.7G  2.0G  2.7G  43% /usr
/dev/hda8             2.8G   92M  2.6G   4% /usr/local
/dev/hda6             4.7G  1.5G  3.3G  31% /var
/dev/hda10            9.4G   33M  9.3G   1% /work
/dev/hdb3             5.6G  572M  5.1G  10% /mnt/old_home
/dev/hdb5             9.4G  180M  9.2G   2% /image
/dev                  7.5G  242M  7.3G   4% /.dev
none                  5.0M  2.9M  2.2M  57% /dev



So ...  It could very well be that /dev/sda3 is /boot

Do this go to /boot.

root at Aether:/boot # df .
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda1                97826     19793     72814  22% /boot


do a df .

It will tell you where you are..

If /dev/sda3 is boot..  I vote cute the mustard..

Reinstall




Vram