Drive partitioning is not the hot thing that it once was.

hi,<P>i am dual booting win2k and linux and have each os on a different hdd. On the win hd i have a os and a data partition. I can and have mounted the os partition using the "mount -t /dev/hda1 ...

I agree with this recommendation on every operating system you might use, including Windows Vista. As a matter of aesthetics, it's nice to keep your data from mingling with system files, and as a ...

A single partition feels simple until something goes wrong ...

A multiple-partition setup helps organize your data, because you can dedicate blocks of storage to a specific task. As an example, you might have programs on your C: partition and business documents ...

I guess the topic/subject says it all. Is it possible to do? The machine in question has barely anything stored on the second partition, the first partition is filling up, and we'd like the drive to ...