On 10 March 2012 17:15, Tony Pursell <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Nige > > On 10 March 2012 14:32, Nigel Verity <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> >> A bit of advice on partitioning, please. >> >> >> I currently dual-boot Xubuntu and Windows 7. I've now got to the happy >> situation where I no longer need any Windows applications. Consequently I'd >> like to delete Windows and reclaim the 80 Gb of disk space it takes up. >> Would I be better off simply clearing down the whole machine and >> re-installing Xubuntu from scratch, or is it safe to mess about with the >> partitions using a tool like GParted. If the latter, perhaps somebody knows >> of a good idiot's guide, as I've had a few problems in the past resizing >> partitions. >> >> >> > > I have used GParted to do a lot of repartitioning (e.g. shrinking Windows > partitions to make space for 'buntu) will no ill effects. However, I > suspect that if you remove the Windows partition you may be also removing > your boot sector leaving your Xubuntu unbootable. I'm sure someone will > tell us if this is wrong.
It shouldn't do, no, but as Alan C points out, it might cause the partitions to be renumbered. If *buntu is in a primary (say /dev/sda2) then if sda1 is removed, sda2 might become sda1. If it's in a logical drive inside an extended partition, the way that it /should/ be done, it is not a problem - sda5 & above will stay sda5 etc. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: [email protected] • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: [email protected] • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
