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 > > > =================================== > > > P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > > > > Cleveland Clinic is ranked one of the top hospitals > in America by U.S.News & World Report (2009). > Visit us online at http://www.clevelandclinic.org for > a complete listing of our services, staff and > locations. > > > Confidentiality Note: This message is intended for use > only by the individual or entity to which it is addressed > and may contain information that is privileged, > confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable > law. If the reader of this message is not the intended > recipient or the employee or agent responsible for > delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are > hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or > copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If > you have received this communication in error, please > contact the sender immediately and destroy the material in > its entirety, whether electronic or hard copy. Thank you. > Well the first thing I would do would be to modify the grub.conf file and comment out the lines that make windows an option to boot. After a test boot that shows only linux as boot options in the grub menu, I would remove the commented lines out of the grub.conf and boot again. Last thing to do would be to trash the windows partition, reformat that as an LVM partition and add it to LVM as another logical volume. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
