Re: [gentoo-user] Is it safe to change the start of the first partition?

[Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de>]

On 07/03/2012 09:25:20 AM, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote:
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> On 03.07.2012 09:09, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > modern fdisk puts the first partition at block 63  while older
> > version have put it at block 1.
> >
> > Now, I'm going to upgrade an older system. Is it safe to
> > repartition it by letting the first partition start 63 and
> > shortening the first partition by 62 blocks?
> >
> > (I will loose the first partition which doesn't matter in my
> > case.)
> >
> > Many thanks for sharing your experience, Helmut.
> >
> 
> Do you want to resize the partition or do you want to delete and
> recreate it?
> 
> The second option is no problem, the first could lead to some data
> loss (if you are unlucky).

I'd like to delete and recreate ONLY the first partition (which is  
small).
The question is, can I keep the other partitions.

As far as I remember, I once deleted the extended partition and tried  
to recreate
logical partitions "at the same place". But that didn't work.

Helmut.