From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E3JRI-0005Pb-Dh for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 20:14:08 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7BKCPHm017339; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 20:12:25 GMT Received: from nproxy.gmail.com (nproxy.gmail.com [64.233.182.206]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7BK8iCT005948 for ; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 20:08:45 GMT Received: by nproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id l37so105643nfc for ; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 13:09:38 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=PUJHKUosBgranY9IQrRnSyJgofyVKaQwsz4KvVR2C0JoRM2wWH20p91v4oYp8JI9l2hXBmxjo5sLjsh8TRlrsob8zY1BlqZG+HawUC6rIgaa1IM3ZHcs74l8ImzkBhRrfjrqqj/F6g4tPO0eY1rtUDjuJta15WrGoxYQ/ssCpS8= Received: by 10.48.248.5 with SMTP id v5mr76231nfh; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 13:09:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.48.142.10 with HTTP; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 13:09:38 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 20:09:38 +0000 From: Fernando Meira To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] TWO (probably stupid) questions about partitions Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_2000_15180243.1123790978514" X-Archives-Salt: 389c640e-4aa4-497f-b565-22a539f87e89 X-Archives-Hash: 54fd6ccc341d02678532717f4de6ead1 ------=_Part_2000_15180243.1123790978514 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Hi, this is how my disk is divided: Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4864 cylinders Units =3D cylinders of 16065 * 512 =3D 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 1275 10241406 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hda2 1276 4208 23559322+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/hda3 4209 4271 506047+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/hda4 4272 4864 4763272+ 83 Linux /dev/hda5 1276 4208 23559291 b W95 FAT32 Now I want to clean hda1 (which has windows) and mount there /usr and point= =20 $PORTAGE_TMPDIR there (because my gentoo system, in hda4, run out of space)= .=20 Once I'm doing this, I could split that partition into smaller ones (e.g. t= o=20 create /boot), but hda1 needs to be Extended. So, 1. Can /boot be inside an Extended partition? Would probably be place in=20 hda6... 2. In case of not changing my boot config (my doing Q1), will I need to=20 re-install my bootloader in MBR anew? Or on other words, will MBR be erased= =20 when cleaning hda1? Question extra :) : what tends to be bigger /etc or /usr ? Thanks, Fernando ------=_Part_2000_15180243.1123790978514 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Hi,

this is how my disk is divided:
Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4864 cylinders
Units =3D cylinders of 16065 * 512 =3D 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *           1        1275    10241406    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2            1276        4208    23559322+   f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda3            4209        4271      506047+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda4            4272        4864     4763272+  83  Linux
/dev/hda5            1276        4208    23559291    b  W95 FAT32

Now I want to clean hda1 (which has windows) and mount there /usr and point $PORTAGE_TMPDIR there (because my gentoo system, in hda4, run out of space). Once I'm doing this, I could split that partition into smaller ones (e.g. to create /boot), but hda1 needs to be Extended. So,

1. Can /boot be inside an Extended partition? Would probably be place in hd= a6...
2. In case of not changing my boot config (my doing Q1), will I need to re-install my bootloader in MBR anew? Or on other words, will MBR be erased when cleaning hda1?

Question extra :) : what tends to be bigger /etc or /usr ?

Thanks,
Fernando
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