Is there a way of removing the Windows partition and then just adding the
reclaimed space to the already existing /home partition?

doug


[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thursday, December 27, 2001):

>Doug Lerner wrote:
>
>>Actually, since I need to run Windows rarely, what I think I'll do is
>>delete the second partition containing Win 2000 and use it for Linux. Is
>>that easy to accomplish? Then I'll just run Windows when I need it under
>>Virtual PC on my Mac.
>>
>>doug
>>
>Sounds like a plan ;-)
>
>Yep, just go to control center
>
>And choose Hardware>MountPoints
>
>which will bring up diskdrake
>
>click on the winpartition, click on unmount if ti is mounted.  Change 
>the type to linux native or to XFS or whatever you prefer like ext3 or 
>JFS or Reiser...  then click format to make it whatever, then select a 
>mount point --whatever you want to name it
>
>If for example you decide you want a separate partition for the /home 
>directory, just make the mount point /spare and mount it then exit.
>
>then run cp -a /home/* /spare
>
>and then bring up diskdrake again, unmount /spare, change the mount 
>point to /home and exit without mounting it
>
>still as root in a terminal
>
>rm -r /home -f
>mount /home
>
>will destroy the old home directory and reclaim the space and then make 
>the new /home directory available.
>
>Civileme
>
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