On Friday 04 August 2006 01:35, Michael Crute wrote: > On 8/3/06, dg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursday 03 August 2006 23:52, Michael Crute wrote: > > > I have a laptop and when I initially setup the partitions I > > > anticipated that I would install Windoze along side of Linux for > > > gaming purposes, I now realize that this is never going to happen and > > > would like to change the partition type from NTFS to Linux Native. Is > > > it possible to do this without hurting the other partitions on the > > > disk? I really can't afford to re-format/re-install the whole machine > > > right now. > > > > > > The partition structure looks like this: > > > hda1 -> NTFS (unformatted, want to convert over to Linux Native + ext3) > > > hda2 -> Swap > > > hda3 -> Linux Native (formatted ext3 with Gentoo installed) > > > > > > -Mike > > > > In addition to what others already suggested, it also would make sense to > > actually change the partition type in the partition table: > > fdisk /dev/hda > > then press "t" and type partition number (1 in your case), then 83 (Linux > > Native) when asked for partition type. > > Right, this is exactly what I want to do but can I do it without > seriously screwing up the disk? i.e. can I change the partition type > without screwing up the existing partitions? > > -Mike > > -- > ________________________________ > Michael E. Crute > http://mike.crute.org > > I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended > up where I intended to be. --Douglas Adams
Yes, you can change the partition type of /dev/hda1, it will not affect other partitions on /dev/hda. Just set it to Linux Native using fdisk and then mkfs it to ext3. BR, dmitri -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
