Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uupsi!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: Re: Changing hard disk partitions Message-ID: Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC References: <1991Apr12.094520.9660@hollie.rdg.dec.com> <1991Apr13.164855.1252@virtech.uucp> Date: Mon, 22 Apr 91 19:44:10 GMT In article <1991Apr13.164855.1252@virtech.uucp> cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) writes: > for a 140MB disk I would compine /root and /usr so that they share > tmp space. And I'd suggest the opposite for any disk over 40 MB. Why combine them? > You can remove the dos partition, but you cannot change the size of the unix > partition You can also turn the DOS partition into a UNIX partition, since the partition start is an absolute offset from the start of the disk just edit /etc/partitions appropriately and mkfs. ("just" he says). -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' peter@ferranti.com +1 713 274 5180. 'U` "Have you hugged your wolf today?"