Repartition disk

[COTLG]

Hi,

Please I want to destroy two of my disk slices(partitions) and merge the two together so that I can have a bigger space assigned to one partition. Can any one direct me on how to go about this?

Best Regards,
Chike.

 

[SamBones]

If this is a standalone disk (not managed by any volume manager), you can only do this if the slices are adjacent. You can find this out using [tt]format[/tt]. If you know the device names, unmount them and go into [tt]format[/tt], select the drive, then type [tt]part[/tt] to go to the partition menu, then type [tt]print[/tt] to print the current partition map. This will show you the drive's current partitioning.

I won't do into detail on how to do it, but if they are adjacent, you can delete them both and create a single partition in their place. Then, write the partition map and exit, then run the [tt]newfs[/tt] command to create a new file system on the newly created slice. Then update the [tt]/etc/vfstab[/tt] entries for the new file system and mount it.

Hope this helps.