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Subject: Re: linux with other os From: Joe Brenner <doom@kzsu.Stanford.EDU> Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 15:54:09 -0700 "eagle" <eagle@mantrafreenet.com> wrote: > I have installed Rh 6.1(2nd partition) in my system ; it coexists > with windows95 . My system has 4 gig hd and divided into 2 one > allotted for windows and the other to Rh 6.1 . > I wanted to install another disk of 13 gig [...] > I wanted to know that when I install the other hd can I shift the > Rh6.1 to it and allot the full 4 gig to windows ; if so how? [...] > Please give me a detailed answer if possible I am a newbie . Well, this isn't a detailed answer I'm afraid, just a suggestion of a strategy you might want to try: conserve your time, and don't worry too much about wasting disk space. When I did something similar to this, I eventually decided to just (1) Put a new installation of linux on the big disk. (2) Copy all of my existing user files from the old linux installation to the new one. (3) Hack lilo so that I can boot to either the old or the new installation. (4) When I was sure the new one worked okay, I changed the default in lilo so that it booted the new one automatically. Now, you could argue that the job isn't really done at this point: (a) Currently when I boot my system, it goes to the MBR of the *old* disk, which kicks it into lilo, which then kicks it to the linux installation on the *new* disk. (b) My Windows partition (NT 4 in my case) is still only 2gb. (c) There's 2gb of space on my old drive that's more or less wasted (except that I have it mounted and accessible from my new linux installation, and if I felt the need, I could stash something there). So maybe I should keep going, and if all I wanted to do was mess around learning to be an ace sysadmin/hardware hacker, I would. But instead, I figure "it ain't broke, don't fix it". Life is short, and disk is cheap. ===