On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 04:32, s. keeling wrote: > Incoming from P P PRASAD: > > Can you guide me in following case : > > We are having a System having 2 HDDs C & D . On C Windows 2000 Server > > is installed and on D Red Hat 9 is installed. Now D is nearly full. > > We want to format C and extend it for Linux. > > My hitch is if I delete partition of C, The system won't boot and I > > You shouldn't need to delete the partition. You should be able to > reclaim it from within Linux. Ensure your Windows ptn isn't mounted. > Run fdisk /dev/hda, mark the partition type Linux, then mkfs /dev/hda1 >
Yes, but wouldn't that still wipe the bootloader (if it's living on "C:") ? So he'll need to have some alternative means of booting (such as a boot floppy), or reinstall GRUB or LILO. cr -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
