i have partitioned half my laptop for ubuntu and would like to get rid of xp completly. is there a way to do that without losing the current loaded ubuntu?
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Hi,

On Dec 26, 2007 8:18 AM, <donaldj@bellsouth.net> wrote:

i have partitioned half my laptop for ubuntu and would like to get rid of xp completly. is there a way to do that without losing the current loaded ubuntu?

One way to do this is to delete the XP partition , create a new ext3 partition and mount it as , say /data in the current Ubuntu Root FS.

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>One way to do this is to delete the XP partition , create a new ext3 partition and >mount it as , say /data in the current Ubuntu Root FS.

jt-Can't you simply use gparted to extend the partition once you nuke XP?

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Hi ,

On Dec 26, 2007 10:11 PM, John Toliver <john.toliver@gmail.com> wrote:


jt-Can't you simply use gparted to extend the partition once you nuke XP?

If XP was the firat partition on your disk, I'm not sure if you can extend the partition on your left ?


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Raseel Bhagat wrote:

> Hi ,
>
> On Dec 26, 2007 10:11 PM, John Toliver <john.toliver@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> jt-Can't you simply use gparted to extend the partition once you nuke XP?
>>
>
> If XP was the firat partition on your disk, I'm not sure if you can extend
> the partition on your left ?

Ack! You're right. Your entire filesystem is rooted at sector 0. So if
you extended it left, nothing would be where you expected it.
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