Resize partition

[jim lawrence]

On 4/29/05, Rick Stevens <rstevens at vitalstream.com> wrote:
> weetat wrote:
> > Hi all ,
> >
> >   I am using Fedora core 2 (kernel 2.6.11.7) .
> >   I would like to resize the fedora box partition.
> >   The partition file system are shown below :
> >
> >   I would to delete /dev/sda2 which is window 2000 OS and copy over
> > remaining size to /dev/sda5 .
> >   Anybody have any ideas how to do that ?
> >
> >
> >    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> > /dev/sda1               1           4       32098+  12  Compaq diagnostics
> > /dev/sda2   *           5        1024     8193150    7  HPFS/NTFS
> > /dev/sda3            1025        1661     5116702+  83  Linux
> > /dev/sda4            1662        5530    31077742+   f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
> > /dev/sda5            1662        2298     5116671   83  Linux
> > /dev/sda6            2299        2935     5116671   83  Linux
> > /dev/sda7            2936        3572     5116671   83  Linux
> > /dev/sda8            3573        3699     1020096   83  Linux
> > /dev/sda9            3700        5275    12659188+  83  Linux
> > /dev/sda10           5276        5402     1020096   83  Linux
> > /dev/sda11           5403        5529     1020096   82  Linux swap
> 
> It's very, very dangerous to try to join partitions by deleting one and
> expanding the second to use that space.  Since they're adjacent, it
> could be done using parted and resize2fs, but you really, REALLY need to
> back up EVERYTHING before you start futzing around with the partition
> tables.  I can almost guarantee you'll mess up at least once.  Trust me
> on that.
> 
> You'd be better off using lvm to tie the two together, but you still
> need to move the content off sda5 first.  I hesitate to offer details
> on how to do this in this forum, but in a nutshell, you'd:
> 
> 1.  Back up sda5.
> 2.  Use "fdisk" to change the partition type of sda2 to 83 (linux).
> 3.  Use "pvcreate" to create physical volumes (PVs) on sda2 and sda5
> (this will wipe out the content of both partitions).
> 4.  Use "vgcreate" to create a volume group out of sda2 and sda5.
> 5.  Use "vgchange -y" to make the volume group visible.
> 6.  Use "lvcreate" to create a logical volume (LV) out of the PVs.
> 7.  Mount the LV where sda5 originally was.
> 8.  Restore the old sda5 contents to the new LV.
> 
> You MUST read the man pages on pvcreate, vgcreate, vgchange, lvcreate,
> and LVM in general.  It's not difficult, but it is confusing the first
> time you do it.

Not to mention that sd4 is a extendended  "Container" of sd3, sd2 & sd1 
Suposed those partitions are primary?  
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