fc2 already installed, need to increase partition size

armen · #1 9th March 2005, 07:08 AM

i dual boot on xp & fc2, however i want to increase the size of the partition currently allocated for fc2. what/how can i do this?
is partition magic going to be useful?

are there free programs out there that do this task?

robghealey · #2 9th March 2005, 11:29 AM

Partition Magic would be able to do it.....

Yes, there are free OSS solutions to do it as well. There is a live cd called System Rescue CD which has a porgram called qtparted! You download it, and burn it. Here is the website...

http://www.sysresccd.org/

jgionet · #3 9th March 2005, 02:30 PM

this thread might help you. I'm attempting do to the same thing. (soon)

armen · #4 9th March 2005, 08:32 PM

if i have x/gnome on fc3, and 256 RAM with 2.0 Mhz processor,
how much swap space should i allow?

Minutemaid · #5 10th March 2005, 12:50 AM

i d say 500M for swap.

Minutemaid · #6 10th March 2005, 01:08 AM

for ur partition probs, view this site

armen · #7 10th March 2005, 08:39 AM

hi,
so i now have partition magic, but when it boots up from cd...
if i want to shrink the windows partition and increase fedora partition, how do i do this?

there is a resize option, but when i resize win partition, the space doesn't go to fedora, instead, it just creates a gap between the two(win & fedora)?

before
*****win************* xxxxxxxxfc3xxxxxxxxx

after
*****win*************^^^Blank^^^ xxxxxxxxfc3xxxxxxxxx

how do i move blank into fc3 partition?
and should i decrease size of win partition from the beginning or the end? the end is closer to linux partition.

also, there is a note saying that the partition lies in boundary of 1024 cylinder, and that it may not be bootable, anyone know what i should do given this message?
should i ignore it.