Disk partitioning

From: Darryl Cook <pgmr_at_ppalf.appstate.edu>
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 11:21:11 -0400 (EDT)

I am getting ready to install DU 4.0 on an alpha but need to repartition
the disk in order to the necessary disk space. Below is the output from
disklabel.

# /dev/rrz0a:
type: SCSI
disk: RZ28M
label:
flags:
bytes/sector: 512
sectors/track: 99
tracks/cylinder: 16
sectors/cylinder: 1584
cylinders: 2595
sectors/unit: 4110480
rpm: 3600
interleave: 1
trackskew: 0
cylinderskew: 0
headswitch: 0 # milliseconds
track-to-track seek: 0 # milliseconds
drivedata: 0

8 partitions:
# size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg]
  a: 131072 0 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 0 - 82*)
  b: 389520 131072 unused 1024 8192 # (Cyl. 82*- 328*)
  c: 4110480 0 unused 1024 8192 # (Cyl. 0 - 2594)
  d: 0 0 unused 1024 8192 # (Cyl. 0 - -1)
  e: 0 0 unused 1024 8192 # (Cyl. 0 - -1)
  f: 0 0 unused 1024 8192 # (Cyl. 0 - -1)
  g: 2097152 520592 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 328*- 1652*)
  h: 1492736 2617744 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 1652*- 2594*)


My question is this. Partition g is /usr and h is /usr2. I would like to
just get rid of h (usr2) and redistribute it among partition a,b, and g.
this would increase the root , swap and usr partitions. I would then set
the size and offset of partition h to zero, and fstype to unused. Any
problems with doing this? Would the columns containing the 16 need to be
modified, I would suppose just blank it out?

Any comments appreciated..

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Applications Programmer II | phone -- (704)-262-3190 x107
Appalachian State University | fax -- (704)-262-4017
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