On Wed, 2005-05-11 at 11:21 -0500, Gustavo Seabra wrote: > On 5/11/05, Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > James Pifer wrote: > > > On Wed, 2005-05-11 at 11:04, Maciej wrote: > > > > > >>Hi all, > > >> > > >>I backed up my files and now want to remove the 60 GB windowz partition > > >>and give my / partition all the GB's. How can I do this? > > >> > > >>fdisk -l > > >> > > >> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > >>/dev/hda1 * 1 7965 63974061+ 7 HPFS/NTFS > > >>/dev/hda2 7966 7977 96390 83 Linux > > >>/dev/hda3 7978 8042 522112+ 82 Linux swap > > >>/dev/hda4 8043 9729 13550827+ 83 Linux > > >> > > >>-- > > >>Kind regards, > > >>Maciej > > >>-- > > >>m.mail@xxxxx > > >> > > >>######################################### > > >># WARNING: New to Linux since May 2005! # > > >>######################################### > > > > > > > > > I did the same thing a couple months ago. Only difference for me was > > > that I was removing two partitions. This should apply for you and this > > > assumes you're using LVM. Not sure if there's an easier way to do it or > > > not, but this was pretty easy. I also had to do some searching to figure > > > out exactly how to do a couple of these things. I would back your stuff > > > up somehow to be safe! > > > > Unfortunately he doesn't appear to be using LVM, so he'll only be able > > to convert the Windows partition into a Linux partition and mount it > > somewhere (e.g. /mnt/data) to have that space available. > > > > A better option might be to reinstall; depends how much in the way of > > settings there are that would need migrating. > > > > Paul. > > Why reinstall? Isn't it just like getting a new HD? I believe all he'd > need to do is to reformat the partition with ext3 (qtparted maybe?) > and then assign some label to it... But my knowledge on this is > limited, I admit. If he has LVM or reinstalls, he gets all the extra space to use wherever he needs it. If he changes the Windows partition to Linux and formats it with a Linux filesystem and then mounts it, he gets all the extra space under a single mountpoint, whereas he might want some under /usr, some under /home etc., and he'll end up moving lots of files around and making symlinks. Simple but a bit ugly. If he uses parted to delete the Windows partition at the start of the disk and reallocate the space elsewhere, the partitions will all get renumbered and he *might* have boot problems. Nothing too difficult to fix, but it could be awkward. Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
