Partitions

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Trufflesdad

I have an 80g drive which is partitioned 40g xp and 40g Linux...Is there
a way I can reformat the Linux partition and extend the xp without a
reinstall ??
 
I have found linux partitions do not adjust to well to resizing. If you are
using a floppy to boot into linux it will still work but if you are using
linux boot programs such as lilo or grub you will probably have to reinstall
to make sure you can reboot.
One method I have used is to back up the main linux partition through ghost
2003 and then reinstall linux after which I restore the backup. I do this
because I have added many items from the original install and don't want to
readd everything.
 
Frank said:
I have found linux partitions do not adjust to well to resizing. If you are
using a floppy to boot into linux it will still work but if you are using
linux boot programs such as lilo or grub you will probably have to reinstall
to make sure you can reboot.
One method I have used is to back up the main linux partition through ghost
2003 and then reinstall linux after which I restore the backup. I do this
because I have added many items from the original install and don't want to
readd everything.
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Sorry I did not make my intention more plain...I do not want to reinstall
Linux but want the complete disk to use xp as I have acquired another
box for Linux
 
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