Change partitions?

[Ed Jabbour]

On Tuesday 15 July 2008  Nils Kassube wrote:
> > Ed Jabbour wrote:
> >> Current partition table:
> >>
> >> sdb1, primary .............................. empty
> >> sdb2, primary .............................. backup files
> >> sdb3, ........................................... extended
> >> sdb5, logical ................................. ubuntu installation
> >> sdb6, logical ................................. swap
> >>
> >> I'd like it to be:
> >>
> >> sdb1, primary .............................. ubuntu installation
> >> sdb2, primary .............................. backup files
> >> sdb3, primary ............................... swap
> >>
> >> If possible, I want to avoid re-installation of the OS.  Is there any
> >> way just to change the partitions, leaving whatever is on them intact?
> >> gparted's copy won't do it, I hear.  Any hints, pointers, etc. greatly
> >> appreciated.
> >
> > Could you be a bit more specific what you want to have in the end? What
> > is the size of the individual partitions now and what should it be after
> > the modification?

Now:
sdb1  77GB	
sdb2  62GB w/ 59 GB used	
sdb5  89 GB w/ 28 GB used 	
sdb6  3200 MB

After:
sdb1 140GB
sdb2   90GB
sdb6  3200MB

More or less - if that adds up OK.

On Tuesday 15 July 2008 Rashkae wrote:
>
> No matter how you look at it, the only "sane" way to do this is to have
> a second hard drive to use as temp storage, so you can copy data off the
> drive, repartition, then copy back.

gparted has a copy function, but I think I read somewhere that a simple copy 
of an OS to a partition wouldn't boot properly.  Is that right?  There is a 
second drive - sda - but it's full.  If the copy from sdb5 to sdb1 will boot, 
there's no problem repartitioning, I think.