This is correct.

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.... it then asks "toggle bootable flag of current partition" at which point i am at a loss

I don't think this should matter either way.

Thanks for your help Sepero it worked !

I now have 80GB of free space ,all i need to do now is work out how to stick it onto my windows partition...hmmm

Wow, you actually did it! omigosh! I must admit, I had very little faith in you. Perhaps you might even run with the big penguins some day... nah!
(j/k )

You can only add Free Space to a partition if the Free Space is physically located directly behind that partition. So you will likely need to move your Linux partition to put Free Space behind Microsoft.

To move the partition will require actually making a complete copy of the partition, then deleting the original.
[list=1][*]Start cfdisk (cfdisk /dev/hda)[*]Select th Free Space at the end of your drive[*]Press "n"(for new partition)[*]Select "Logical"[*]Type in an amount equal to the partition you want to copy[*]Select "End"[*]Press "W". Then type "yes".[*]Enter the command `partprobe`(This will refresh your partitions without having to reboot)[*]Run a test for bad harddrive blocks:
badblocks -o bb.txt /dev/<new partition>[*]Create the new filesystem:
mkfs.reiserfs -B bb.txt /dev/<new partition>[*]Mount the new partition:
mount /dev/<new partition> /mnt/new_mount[*]Then copy over the files:
cp -aR /mnt/old_mount/* /mnt/new_mount[*]After you have verified that everything copied ok, you can delete then original partition. Also you will have to adjust /etc/fstab and your bootmanager to the new changes.[/list=1]

Ok i get as far as creating the new logical partiton but cant seem to copy it....ie as far as step 7

( at no point is there an option to select "end" or "W" , my guess would be mine is a different version of cfdisk ,who knows ?)


basically " mkfs.reiserfs " was deemed a bad command and would not work...

No, after step 5, it will ask you if you want to put the new partition at the "Beginning" or "End" of the Free Space. You need to select "End". Then press capital "W" to write the changes to disk.

OK done that ,having trouble mounting it now...


I typed in....... mount /dev/hda5 /mnt/new_mount

but would not work.. the spacing is correct ?

Get an error like this?
mount: mount point /mnt/new_mount does not exist


If so, you need to create the directory:
mkdir /mnt/new_mount


BTW: I got kicked off the internet for a couple days

Think it said bash or something...anyway i typed it in again and got this stuff


"Usage: mount -V : print version
: mount -h : print this help
: mount : list mounted file systems
: mount -1 : idem,including volume labels
So far the informational part.Next the mounting
The command is `mount [-t fstype] something somewhere'.
Details found in /etc/fstab may be omitted.
mount -a[-t|-0]... :mount all stuff from etc/fstab
mount device :mount device at the known place "

Plus a load of other similar stuff all of which i dont understand

i'm assuming this means that it did not mount ?

If you got this:
Then the command wasn't correctly entered.

entered..."mount /dev/hda5 /mnt/new_mount"

and got...

"mount:mount point /mnt/ new mount does not exist"

Dude, I already posted that!!

Oh yeah sorry

Um i'll get back to you...* hangs head in shame*

It's ok, many people probably don't pay attention to what I say anyway.

Ok i typed it in exactly right this time (mkdir /mnt/new_mount
) and nothing seemed to happen...

Maybe the partion is already mounted as its on the desktop with the other 2...


Also in the line..."cp -aR /mnt/old_mount/* /mnt/new_mount" is the asterisk to be typed in as is...or is that where hda5 should go ?

In Linux/unix, if a command reports nothing, that almost always means "it worked". To see all your mounted drives, just type "mount" by itself.


as is