So Mär 17 07:24:40 2013 Good morning Thank You for email and help. > 4. Apply changes > * > What does this mean?
Gparted has a nice feature where when you do something like delete a partition, it does not do this immediately. Instead it waits until you apply your changes. Now on Mint, the apply occurs as a button on the button bar at the top. In Mint that is a check mark. * OK > > 5. Using gparted, resize the Xubuntu partition. If it won't let you > do this, come back and let me know. We can still get there from > here. > * > OK > > 6. Apply changes > * > How can I do this? See above. * Thank You. > > 7. From the command line type: > > sudo update-grub > * > I understand. > > This will update the grub menu so only Xubuntu exists > 8. From the command line type: > > sudo grub-install > * > This I dont understand. update-grub just gathers the current information. * OK Since Ubuntu will be gone, it will build a grub menu with only Xubuntu on it. * OK However, it does not install it on the disk until you tell it to. * OK This is done through grub-install. * OK I missed one thing. It should be: sudo grub-install /dev/sda * OK This is assuming your boot drive is a SATA drive and it is the first drive in the system. If your boot drive is PATA (IDE) then it would be sudo grub-install /dev/hda * How can I check this? Can I find in www the difference between SATA abd PATA? You can figure this out using the following method when in Xubuntu. From the command line type: df -h * OK 7p:~$ df -h Dateisystem Größe Benutzt Verf. Verw% Eingehängt auf /dev/sda6 30G 14G 14G 50% / udev 1,9G 4,0K 1,9G 1% /dev tmpfs 748M 780K 748M 1% /run none 5,0M 0 5,0M 0% /run/lock none 1,9G 19M 1,9G 1% /run/shm none 100M 24K 100M 1% /run/user 7p:~$ Did I do it right? This will give you a list of all partitions currently mounted. * A litte bit I can understand the result of df -h Now I am using Xubuntu maybe it is important to know. There should be one mounted to /. This is the partition on which Xubuntu is loaded. Remove the final number and you get the proper disk on which to install grub. For example here is mine: $ df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 39G 5.8G 31G 16% / udev 3.9G 4.0K 3.9G 1% /dev tmpfs 1.6G 1.1M 1.6G 1% /run none 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock none 3.9G 1.1M 3.9G 1% /run/shm none 100M 12K 100M 1% /run/user /dev/sda4 39G 7.9G 29G 22% /alt_boot /dev/sda5 834G 517G 275G 66% /data //10.100.1.202/OracleRetail$ 40G 16G 24G 40% /data/alsshare * Thank You. Notice that / is /dev/sda3. Removing the number, the proper disk on which to install grub is /dev/sda. * I did not understand this. > > This will make the change in grub permanent. > * > > Why there is: > sudo update-grub > AND > sudo grub-install > Explained above * Thank You. > >> You should at this point have the entire 80 GB available to Xubuntu. > * > Thank You. > >> One more note. I always keep all of my data on a separate partition. > * > On my Linux Systems > I have a Desktop. > In this Desktop there is a directory > userfiles. > This directory contains: > dailyfiles (new created or downloaded) > usefiles (files from other computers) > backupothers (backup files from other computers and the backup from this > computer is on another computer) > downloads (programs like Opera I did download from internet) > So every evening I am copying the directory dailyfiles on USB Stick > and once a week I burn it on CD. > > Is this a good way to save files? > It will work, however, the way I have it set up is that data is a separte partition. * I understand. This is the same like C: windows and programmes d: all data files I did this this way on windows. That means when I install a new OS on the system, I just have to add that partition to the new OS as /data WITHOUT FORMATTING and all of my data files are there without having to restore from backup to see my documents. * So You could change vom Debian to Fedora and keep You partition with data files unchanged? > > >> I always mount it as /data when I install a new or updated Linux OS. > * > I copy all files from directory dailyfiles to usb-stick and another > computer. > Only problem are the directories from mail-programmes. > Claws is very easy to save files there is a subdirectory in the > directory dailyfiles. > That is certainly commendable and you should do that. * Thank You for reading it. But Your idea with the partition is a little bit more easy. > >> I don't use /home because some settings for one distro will not work >> with another distro. In this way, I keep my home partition just for >> settings then save all of my information on my /data partition. * OK Good idea. I >> would suggest this to you while you are doing this. If you want me >> to modify this to make a scheme such as this work for you, just let >> me know. * Can I do this later? > > Thank You. > If I really would destroy my os > before I do dangerous things > I am copying dailyfiles > and so I loose only program-files and these files I can download again > from www. Regards Thank You Sophie + ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! 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