Thanks Sean. Worked great. James
On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 14:28, Sean Estabrooks wrote: > On 28 Aug 2003 08:05:16 -0400 > James Pifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi. I have a system (RH8) that has the following: > > (parted) print > > Disk geometry for /dev/hda: 0.000-38166.679 megabytes > > Disk label type: msdos > > Minor Start End Type Filesystem Flags > > 1 0.031 20002.807 primary ntfs boot > > 2 20002.808 20104.782 primary ext3 > > 3 20104.783 22018.776 primary linux-swap > > 4 22018.777 38162.219 extended lba > > 5 22018.808 38162.219 logical ext3 > > (parted) > > > > I originally set it up as a dual boot for games on Windows. Since I > > never have time to do that and haven't booted to Windows in a very long > > time, I would like to get rid of it and make use of the space. > > > > Is there any way I can do that without having to reinstall RH? > > > > Thanks, > > James > > > > Hi James, > > If you're currently booting with grub it shouldn't matter > that this this partition is marked as "boot". To verify > this _before_ reformatting the partition try the following: > > Have a Redhat installation disk on hand and make sure you > know how to use rescue mode. > > Use fdisk (or your own favorite tool) to change the boot > flag to your primary ext3 partition. Reboot. > > If something goes wrong you can use rescue mode to reset > the boot flag to the ntfs partition and develop a new plan > of attack. > > If everything works as expected you'll be back in Linux > no worse off for the change. You'll be able to reuse > the partition confident that it isn't needed for bootup. > No need to reinstall. > > Cheers, > Sean > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
