Changing partition layout with the Live CD

[LordDeath86]

Hello everyone,

currently the hard-disk in my laptop is partitioned like in the attached image.
My plan is to boot from the live CD and use GParted to remove sda1 and assign all of its space to the other partitions.

This should be easy but I am still unsure about GRUB2 which sits currently in my MBR. After removing and resizing the partitions which commands do I have to execute to adjust GRUB2 to the new partition layout? Will be my current sda2 the new sda1?
And will be the current F16 installation be able to boot if sda2, sda5, sda6 or sda7 have new numbers?

This whole GRUB-thing is still a mystery for me so thx in advance for any help.

[JamesNZ]

I think you should run this command after changing the layout:

grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

That will generate a new configuration for grub based on your partitioning scheme. Not 100% sure about that though, use at your own risk

[GoinEasy9]

Isn't it:

grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

Fedora keeps grub.cfg in /grub2, heh, I also run Debian Sid and Debian keeps grub.cfg in /grub.

[sonoran]

Logical partitions always start from 5 - notice how partition numbers 3 & 4 have been skipped
in your current layout - and that won't change no matter what you do to preceding partitions.

The Fedora default is to use UUIDs, which will not change even when the position number of a
partition changes. So you should always use UUIDs instead of /dev/sdxx, which will change when
you repartition primary (1-4) partitions.