Bhaskar _ wrote: > Hi, > > I have Windows XP and FC5 installed on my machine, and use GRUB to boot. > GRUB configuration file sits on /boot/grub as recommended by the book I > used for installation. I now want to format my C drive where my Windows > OS sits and clean install XP. Could you please tell me about things I > should watch out for so that I don't screw up my Linux partition? Would > a default install suffice or should I make sure some options are set > differently when I install Windows? > > Just trying to be careful. Thanks for your help. > > -Bhaskar > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > My 'fdisk -l' output looks like this: > > Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 * 1 2550 20482843+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA) > /dev/sda2 2551 19456 135797445 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) > /dev/sda5 2551 5100 20482843+ e W95 FAT16 (LBA) > /dev/sda6 5101 5113 104391 83 Linux > /dev/sda7 5114 8937 30716248+ 83 Linux > /dev/sda8 8938 9574 5116671 83 Linux > /dev/sda9 9575 10211 5116671 83 Linux > /dev/sda10 10212 19456 74260431 8e Linux LVM > Besides Grub being overwritten, as others have talked about, you will also want to make sure you do not delete partition number 2. This is an extended partition, and the logical partitions with your Linux installation are in this partition. Because the FAT16 partition is also in this same extended partition, it will take extra work if you want to combind that space with the FAT32 partition to make one large partition. I have never tried it, so I do not know if gparted can shrink the extended partition to free up the space from the FAT16 partition. If it can, then you may have to edit /etc/fstab because the partition numbers will change. (Not a problem if the partitions are labeled.) You will also have to edit /boot/grub/grub.conf. If you are mounting the Windows partitions in Linux, and you change the file system type, you will have to update /etc/fstab to reflect this. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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