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 > >> >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >>Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >> > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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