Thread: Migrating / to new partition

hi all. i've tried searching question found no answer reasonably current, nor seemed fit exact circumstances, here goes.

i'm running ubuntu 10.04 exclusively. until system had / , /home on separate partitions on same physical drive, i've installed new, larger drive , migrated /home on it. has freed whole bunch of space on primary drive, i'd repartition accommodate few other operating systems want play around (other linux distros, , forth).

include reinstalling windows xp. being windows, likes installed on first primary partition on first drive - position ubuntu in. know linux doesn't care it's installed, i'd know if it's easy matter migrate ubuntu install partition without rendering unusable.

based on experience migrating non-root partitions in past (e.g. /home), educated guess procedure should work this:

1. create new, empty ext4 partition (say, /dev/sda2) alongside existing 1 containing / (/dev/sda1)
2. copy sda1 --> sda2
3. update /etc/fstab new location /
4. install windows sda1
5. boot sda2 , restore grub

i'm not going rush right this, of course. thinking sound? there obvious steps i've missed? there recent howto of kind address accurately?

many thanks!

edit: - deleted previous comment - didn't read wrote enough - thought you'd forgotten fixing mbr , restoring grub.

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