Re: Removing Windows from Dual Boot

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On Thu, 2010-08-26 at 13:31 -0400, Weiner, Michael wrote:
> I am sure this has been asked a number of times, and I am not finding
> anything relevant using a google search, so I thought I would post my
> query here. I have a user that owns a Dell Inspiron laptop, that has a
> 60G drive split in two, with Windows XP on the first partition, and
> Fedora Core 7 on the second. Now, he decides he would like me to
> remove Windows XP and make it a 100% linux laptop. Great, I think to
> myself, a convert! Until I look at the way it is configured:
> 
>  
> 
> [root@leex ~]# fdisk -l /dev/sda
> 
>  
> 
> Disk /dev/sda: 60.0 GB, 60011642880 bytes
> 
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7296 cylinders
> 
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> 
>  
> 
>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> 
> /dev/sda1   *           1        3470    27872743+   7  HPFS/NTFS
> 
> /dev/sda2            3471        3483      104422+  83  Linux
> 
> /dev/sda3            3484        7296    30627922+  8e  Linux LVM
> 
>  
> 
> [root@leex ~]# df
> 
> Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
> 
> /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00
> 
>                       28599044  22148476   4974372  82% /
> 
> /dev/sda2               101105     18631     77253  20% /boot
> 
> tmpfs                   257416         0    257416   0% /dev/shm
> 
>  
> 
> And from /boot/grub/grub.conf
> 
> #boot=/dev/sda
> 
> default=0
> 
> timeout=5
> 
> splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> 
> hiddenmenu
> 
> title Fedora Core 7
> 
>         root (hd0,1)
> 
>         kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.23.17-88.fc7 ro
> root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
> 
>         initrd /initrd-2.6.23.17-88.fc7.img
> 
> title Microsoft Windows XP
> 
>         rootnoverify (hd0,0)
> 
>         chainloader +1
> 
>  
> 
> I find many tutorials showing how to uninstall Linux from the second
> partition and return the machine back to the original XP
> configuration, but none really documenting the process going the other
> way (eg keeping linux and dumping xp). And I am not even sure it can
> be done. 
> 
>  
> 
> Has anyone done this? If so, is there some documentation that I can
> sneak a peak at to help push me in the right direction?
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Michael 

Michael: 

I have not answer to your question, but only a suggestion: as FC7 is so
old and unsupported, and you also want to uninstall windows xp, wouldn't
you like to fresh install F13, or in brief F14 ?

Regards,
Germán.
-- 
Germán A. Racca
National Institute for Space Research (INPE)
São José dos Campos - SP - Brasil
http://skytux.fedorapeople.org

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