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Re: Reordering partitions
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Andrew Clausen |
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Re: Reordering partitions |
Date: |
Wed, 27 Nov 2002 09:56:58 +1100 |
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On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 07:03:20PM -0800, Ross Boylan wrote:
> I have a disk with an extended partition. The last 2 logical partitions in
> the chain physically precede some of the earlier ones. They are Linux
> partitions; some of the earlier ones are NTFS.
>
> Is there a way I can resequence the logical partitions so they appear in
> physical order? I really only want to alter the chaining.
Parted doesn't support this, because there are some cases where it
isn't possible to do it. (Ok, perhaps not a good reason, but it
certainly makes the issue a whole lot more complicated)
> The immediate reason I need to do this is that I need to grow one of the
> NTFS partitions, and the tool I'm using (Partition Magic 4) refuses to have
> anything to do with the drive while the partitions are out of order. A
> secondary reason is that it warns that some tools may mess up the disk
> without the partitions in order (I use principally Linux and Windows 2000,
> with a little Windows 98).
That sucks :/ I think newer versions of PM can re-order for you,
but I'm not sure... I have never had the pleasure...
> Second, if I accomplish the resequencing, how much trouble is it going to
> cause? I believe that I can override the usual parameters in LILO enough
> to get on at least my root partition (which would move because of the
> operation) and then edit the appropriate tables to adjust. I'm not sure if
> I need to rerun LILO itself, or if it uses physical addresses (which won't
> change). I'm also not sure if the Windows disk recognizers will be thrown
> by the changes. Since the partition with the OS for W2k is also affected
> by the rechaining, this could be a little ugly.
I think Windows will change drive-letter assignments, which can be
very painful.
Cheers,
Andrew