[CentOS] Relocating /boot and /

Due to the peculiar way that my root drive is configured (incomplete advance
planning for Windows to Linux conversion), I have had thoughts about moving
/boot and / to a different place on the drive.  Current configuration is:

sda1 - 30Gb primary partition (was the E: drive)
sda2 - 120 Gb primary partition (was my H: drive)
sda3 - 100Mb /boot primary partition
sda4 - Extended partition
sda5 - 4Gb swap partition
sda6 - 145Gb / partition

I was thinking about rearranging the disk to a more conventional layout
where /boot is first, swap next, / next and the rest after that.  It
probably isn't necessary since the drive runs fine (well, almost - last
night /boot developed a weirdity in its superblock and I had to recover with
the install DVD in rescue mode and using the alternate superblock, but it's
back up and running, having survived the boot fsck), but I was wondering if
anyone had tried something like this before.  Besides, having a backup (or
new) /boot might not be a bad idea after last night....

Are there any serious advantages/disadvantages to having /boot in the middle
of the disk and / after it?

I was thinking that I could remove the 1 & 2 partitions, recreate them with
a hole in between for a (new/replacement) swap, and copy the original
partitions to the new locations, then update the grub.conf and voila!  (I
would hope....)

I'm also wondering about complications from having the swap and / partitions
inside the extended partition....

Comments / suggestions / feedback (preferably polite) welcome.

Thanks.

Mark Hull-Richter, Linux Kernel Engineer
DATAllegro (www.datallegro.com)
85 Enterprise, Second Floor, Aliso Viejo, CA  92656
949-680-3082 - Office     949-330-7691 - fax
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