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Disk Druid , mount hard drive, partitioning hard drive

Disk Druid , mount hard drive, partitioning hard drive

Post by kb » Fri, 23 Nov 2001 00:54:40



Hello All:

I installed Linux (RedHat 7.1) and all went fine.
Except of course one detail.

I have a 2nd 8 Gig hard drive, that is not being used by Linux at all.
It is partitioned as 2 Gig FAT and 6 Gig FAT.

Can I use Disk Druid to make this disk space available to Linux?
Or is Disk Druid just an install tool?

Also is there documentation/guidelines on how this space should be
allocated to Linux.  Like would it be smart to allocate some of this
space to a swap file?

Many Thanks

KBD

 
 
 
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Disk Druid , mount hard drive, partitioning hard drive

Post by J Sloa » Fri, 23 Nov 2001 06:01:20



> Hello All:

> I installed Linux (RedHat 7.1) and all went fine.
> Except of course one detail.

> I have a 2nd 8 Gig hard drive, that is not being used by Linux at all.
> It is partitioned as 2 Gig FAT and 6 Gig FAT.

Ah, a perfect opportunity to add a swap mirror!

Quote:> Can I use Disk Druid to make this disk space available to Linux?
> Or is Disk Druid just an install tool?

I'm not sure if disk druid is available after the
fact, but fdisk works for me - I often use fdisk
to add partitions to a running system -

Quote:> Also is there documentation/guidelines on how this space should be
> allocated to Linux.  Like would it be smart to allocate some of this
> space to a swap file?

No, not a swap file per se, but a swap partition.
a swap partition is raw access, straight to the
disk, and is the normal setup.

a swap file is a "oh, no I screwed up, better
add a swap file" kind of thing, since swap
partitons are normally laid out during the
install.

cu

jjs

 
 
 
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Disk Druid , mount hard drive, partitioning hard drive

Post by kb » Wed, 28 Nov 2001 01:28:44


swap mirror??

Sorry. Total newbee.

Is there documentation/guidelines on how this space should be
allocated to Linux.  Like would it be smart to allocate some of this
space to a swap partition?

Thanks

KBD



> > Hello All:

> > I installed Linux (RedHat 7.1) and all went fine.
> > Except of course one detail.

> > I have a 2nd 8 Gig hard drive, that is not being used by Linux at all.
> > It is partitioned as 2 Gig FAT and 6 Gig FAT.

> Ah, a perfect opportunity to add a swap mirror!

> > Can I use Disk Druid to make this disk space available to Linux?
> > Or is Disk Druid just an install tool?

> I'm not sure if disk druid is available after the
> fact, but fdisk works for me - I often use fdisk
> to add partitions to a running system -

> > Also is there documentation/guidelines on how this space should be
> > allocated to Linux.  Like would it be smart to allocate some of this
> > space to a swap file?

> No, not a swap file per se, but a swap partition.
> a swap partition is raw access, straight to the
> disk, and is the normal setup.

> a swap file is a "oh, no I screwed up, better
> add a swap file" kind of thing, since swap
> partitons are normally laid out during the
> install.

> cu

> jjs

 
 
 
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