file system questions

[Mauriat M]

On Dec 5, 2007 11:18 AM, Kevin Kempter <kevin at kevinkempterllc.com> wrote:
> Hi List;
>
> I have a laptop running Fedora 7. I can remove the CD drive and insert a tray
> which holds an SATA drive in its place, it's a nice feature since it gives me
> a second drive connected the same way the CD drive was (i.e. not
> USB/firewire) so it's fast.
>
> I have a spare drive from when I was running FC5, It has multiple file systems
> on it (/boot, /home, /var, etc).
>
> I want to re-vamp it so I end up with a single file system on it which
> encompasses the full drive. I suspect I need to use rmfs to remove each file
> system and then mkfs to create a single fs on the drive but I'm quite
> unfamiliar with the fs commands.
>
> Is this the best approach? any gotcha's, etc? Can I do this with  the second
> drive un-mounted?
>
> Anyone have any helpful examples of usage for rmfs and mkfs ?
>
> Thanks in advance...
>

The best solution I can recommend is downloading and using 'gparted'.
It gives a complete easy graphical way of modifying partitions
(without losing data in some configurations). Very user friendly.

LiveCD also available: http://gparted-livecd.tuxfamily.org/

-Mauriat