Re: Delete Win 2K partition on Debian dual boot to re-use space. (SOLVED)

2006-11-22 Thread del
On Tue, 21 Nov 2006 14:48:01 + del [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 14:30:28 -0600 Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: del wrote: I have a dual boot Debian Sarge/Win 2K box. I would now like to remove the 2K partition to regain the space for use for MP3s. SNIP

Re: Delete Win 2K partition on Debian dual boot to re-use space.

2006-11-05 Thread Rogério Brito
Hi there, Del. On Nov 04 2006, del wrote: I have looked at the partitions with live cds (Knoppix and similar) and have burned the few things that mattered from 2K. I have also a qtparted live cd to hand. I don't know about the qtparted live CD that you have, but with a live gparted live CD

Delete Win 2K partition on Debian dual boot to re-use space.

2006-11-04 Thread del
Hello to all, I have a dual boot Debian Sarge/Win 2K box. The 2K has been broken for some time but is no loss as I have another machine for the few remaining tasks, some games for me and for the convenience of other family members who are more comfortable with Windows. I have long since removed

Re: Delete Win 2K partition on Debian dual boot to re-use space.

2006-11-04 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 06:24:51PM +, del wrote: Hello to all, snip So to the questions, 1) How to remove? you need to make it a linux file system partition (cfdisk or similar) then you create a file system on it (mkfs) this will make it a seperate partition and will not join it to any

Re: Delete Win 2K partition on Debian dual boot to re-use space.

2006-11-04 Thread Kent West
del wrote: I have a dual boot Debian Sarge/Win 2K box. I would now like to remove the 2K partition to regain the space for use for MP3s. Would I be able to have a second home so it will not be wiped if I need to re-install at some time, say when I break my machine upgrading to Etch later

Re: Delete Win 2K partition on Debian dual boot to re-use space.

2006-11-04 Thread Russell L. Harris
del wrote: I would now like to remove the 2K partition to regain the space for use for MP3s. Would I be able to have a second home so it will not be wiped if I need to re-install at some time, say when I break my machine upgrading to Etch later this year :) 1) How to remove? 2) What to name it