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from: Ed Durrant
date: 2005-10-26 16:18:38
subject: Re: [OS2HW] Changing partition size and still able to boot os2

Duncan Way wrote:
> I want to increase the size of my xp partition.
> I am running Warp4/fp15 with the latest fdisk/bootmanager from ECS.
> I am using Dani's dasd and 506.
> 
> My current setup is:
> 
> C:  5000 mb  -- xp (fat32)
> D:  700  mb  -- programs (hpfs)
> E:  600  mb  -- data (hpfs)
> F:  600  mb  -- Warp4 (main boot, hpfs)
> G:  400  mb  -- Warp4 (maintenance boot, hpfs)
> H:  10000 mb -- hpfs partition which I would take space from to increase C:
> 
> (there are other partitions, but they don't come into play)
> 
> I would be using PartitionMagic 5.0 to change the partition sizes.
> 
> Is there any way I could check beforehand that adding the space to C: would stop
> either OS/2 from booting.  The drive in question is SATA; if that makes any 
> difference.
> 
> My motherboard is an Abit AN7 with the latest BIOS applied, approx. 1 year old.
> 
> Fdisk /query gives the **8mb line displayed.
> 
> Thanks,
> Duncan Way
> 

If you have installed LVM or LVM aware partitions DO NOT USE PARTITION 
MAGIC !  Use DFSEE instead, it works with LVM, OS2 and Linux partitions, 
PM 5.0 doesn't.

Cheers/2

Ed.


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