paulbuk
October 8th, 2011, 11:13 AM
After successfully cloning the old IDE 80Gb drive to a new SATA 500Gb (and then removal of the old 80Gb), I noticed with GParted that I currently have some circa 389Gb 'unallocated', (I can quite easily sort this kind of thing out having done it many times with M$) but don't really want to trash my MBR or GRUB.
My new system partition has 89Gb which I'm sure is well sufficient for the system/swap file etc, and could quite easily just make a new partition with the 389Gb but me thinks I'd rather have a one 'large' partition.
(FYI, my 'home' is already set on the second 500Gb (both SATA drives are the same model, so I'm not really bothered).
I am currently upskilling in LAMP/Drupal WebDev and work a lot on localhost for playing on WebDev etc and I'm sure 89Gb is well enough for many many SQL D/B's.
If GParted is not the best approach, can someone advise on the safest, quickest route to 'merge' the 89Gb with the unallocated 389Gb into one partition without destroying my MBR or Grub on the current 89Gb.
I'm keen to hear your advice on partition layout or best practice.
Failing the above, I am prepared simply to create a new partition, but I like to keep all my drives 'whole as one' so to speak.
I've attached a GParted png for you to view and I'm sure the opinions will help others in future make positive decisions.
Thanks again.
(:
Paul B, Lancs.
My new system partition has 89Gb which I'm sure is well sufficient for the system/swap file etc, and could quite easily just make a new partition with the 389Gb but me thinks I'd rather have a one 'large' partition.
(FYI, my 'home' is already set on the second 500Gb (both SATA drives are the same model, so I'm not really bothered).
I am currently upskilling in LAMP/Drupal WebDev and work a lot on localhost for playing on WebDev etc and I'm sure 89Gb is well enough for many many SQL D/B's.
If GParted is not the best approach, can someone advise on the safest, quickest route to 'merge' the 89Gb with the unallocated 389Gb into one partition without destroying my MBR or Grub on the current 89Gb.
I'm keen to hear your advice on partition layout or best practice.
Failing the above, I am prepared simply to create a new partition, but I like to keep all my drives 'whole as one' so to speak.
I've attached a GParted png for you to view and I'm sure the opinions will help others in future make positive decisions.
Thanks again.
(:
Paul B, Lancs.