With a few adjustments, what you are proposing will work. The problem is that when you use dd, it will copy your filesystem and inode maps perfectly, so your new larger partition will still appear to be the same size as before. More traditional alternatives... Format /dev/hda4, copy either /usr or /home (whichever one is causing you to run out of room, or is larger), blow away the old data (making room on the drive), and mount it. I'll assume it's /home. ### DO THIS IN SINGLE USER MODE ### # log in as root mke2fs -j /dev/hda1 echo "/dev/hda1 /home ext3 defaults,noatime 1 1" >> /etc/fstab mount /dev/hda1 /mnt cp -pR /home/* /mnt # At this point, verify /home and /mnt are identical. ls -la /home ls -la /mnt du -sk /home du -sk /mnt # should be within 1K - if not investigate mv /home /deleteme mkdir /home umount /mnt mount /home df -k ls -l /home init 6 Use the system for a while. When you are certain everything is OK: rm -rf /deleteme and now you have more room. The more modern method would be to rebuild the system using a /boot partition for your kernels, and set up the rest of the disk using LVM. This way, you could reformat the windows partition and add it to your root volume using a GUI - voila - you are done. Point click click click done. Regards, George Toft, CISSP, MSIS AGD,LLC www.agdllc.com 623-203-1760 Mikey Haven s wrote: > bmike1@1[bmike1]$ cat /etc/fstab > /dev/hda2 / ext3 defaults,noatime 1 1 > /dev/sda1 swap swap sw,pri=1 0 0 > proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 > devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0622 0 0 > # Dynamic entries > /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=000 0 0 > /dev/hda3 /mnt/hda3 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0 > /dev/hda4 /mnt/hda4 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0 > bmike1@1[bmike1]$ > > > On Thursday 09 December 2004 06:13 am, George Toft wrote: > >>Hi Mike, >> >>I'm pretty sure what you are proposing will result in a dead system. >> >>We need more info. What are your partition assignments (ie, cat >>/etc/fstab and e-mail it). How do you boot now? GRUB or LILO? >> >>George Toft, CISSP, MSIS >>AGD,LLC >>www.agdllc.com >>623-203-1760 >> >>Mikey Haven s wrote: >> >>>Well, I am finally going to do it. Ii'm going to delete my windows >>>partition! However, I need to confirm the steps to take before I procede. >>> >>>1- dd /hda2 /hda4/ (my linux partition is running out... >>>2- fdisk (combine hda1&2 into one partition) >>>3- dd /hda4/ /hda2 >>> >>>Well GOOOOLEEEEE, if I am right this is easier than I thought it would >>>be. THings always seem to be harder when you talk about them.... if I'm >>>right! What do I need to do to make it bootable? Just run lilo right >>>away, I think. What if I wanted to use grub instead? >> >>--------------------------------------------------- >>PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >>http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss