From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Thu Sep 15 22:11:04 2005
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E83D116A41F
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Thu, 15 Sep 2005 22:11:04 +0000 (GMT)
	(envelope-from chris@childeric.freeserve.co.uk)
Received: from smtp-out4.blueyonder.co.uk (smtp-out4.blueyonder.co.uk
	[195.188.213.7])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A02843D48
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Thu, 15 Sep 2005 22:11:03 +0000 (GMT)
	(envelope-from chris@childeric.freeserve.co.uk)
Received: from [192.168.0.60] ([82.35.113.47]) by smtp-out4.blueyonder.co.uk
	with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); 
	Thu, 15 Sep 2005 23:11:52 +0100
Message-ID: <4329E275.30609@childeric.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 22:07:01 +0100
From: Chris <chris@childeric.freeserve.co.uk>
User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050805)
X-Accept-Language: en-us, en
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
References: <6A23C530-2275-4D84-89AE-88FC6DB586EB@cc.usu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <6A23C530-2275-4D84-89AE-88FC6DB586EB@cc.usu.edu>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-OriginalArrivalTime: 15 Sep 2005 22:11:52.0248 (UTC)
	FILETIME=[79B59B80:01C5BA42]
Subject: Re: resize/combine disk partitions
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 22:11:05 -0000

hal wrote:
> I have three adjacent disk partitions as reported by
> bsdlabel.
> 
>     ad0s1g /local
>     ad0s1b swap
>     ad0s1h /home
> 

[snip]

> would rather resize/combine the three partitions into two.
> 
> How can I do that (short of a reinstall)?

ccd(4) might help (and see 
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/raid.html ) 
but you will need to backup data from /local and /home

Chris