"Adv. Systems Design" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have NT and Linux on one drive, but recently have
> bought another drive for linux alone, so I would like
> to recoup the drive space for mp3's!
>
> Problem: I put LILO on the MBR, where I was dual
> booting into NT and Linux...how do I take it off?
>
> I can reformat the Linux partition and leave lilo on
> defaulting to NT...seems it would work but I'm not
> sure, besides not being a very elegant solution.
>
> Pointers or help appreciated!
Well, my guess is that your're making a mistake in trying to
be elegant. Instead, try not to waste your time. I'm going
to forward some advice I gave to someone else on this list
not too long ago:
Forwarded message:
> "eagle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I have installed Rh 6.1(2nd partition) in my system ; it coexists
> > with windows95 . My system has 4 gig hd and divided into 2 one
> > allotted for windows and the other to Rh 6.1 .
>
> > I wanted to install another disk of 13 gig [...]
>
> > I wanted to know that when I install the other hd can I shift the
> > Rh6.1 to it and allot the full 4 gig to windows ; if so how?
>
> [...]
>
> > Please give me a detailed answer if possible I am a newbie .
>
> Well, this isn't a detailed answer I'm afraid, just a
> suggestion of a strategy you might want to try: conserve
> your time, and don't worry too much about wasting disk
> space.
>
> When I did something similar to this, I eventually decided
> to just
> (1) Put a new installation of linux on the big disk.
> (2) Copy all of my existing user files from the old linux
> installation to the new one.
> (3) Hack lilo so that I can boot to either the old or the new
> installation.
> (4) When I was sure the new one worked okay, I changed the
> default in lilo so that it booted the new one automatically.
>
> Now, you could argue that the job isn't really done at this
> point:
>
> (a) Currently when I boot my system, it goes to the MBR of
> the *old* disk, which kicks it into lilo, which then kicks
> it to the linux installation on the *new* disk.
>
> (b) My Windows partition (NT 4 in my case) is still only 2gb.
>
> (c) There's 2gb of space on my old drive that's more or less
> wasted (except that I have it mounted and accessible from my
> new linux installation, and if I felt the need, I could
> stash something there).
>
> So maybe I should keep going, and if all I wanted to do was
> mess around learning to be an ace sysadmin/hardware hacker,
> I would. But instead, I figure "it ain't broke, don't fix
> it". Life is short, and disk is cheap.
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