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On 8/3/06, dg <dg@××××××××××.ru> wrote: |
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> On Thursday 03 August 2006 23:52, Michael Crute wrote: |
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> > I have a laptop and when I initially setup the partitions I |
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> > anticipated that I would install Windoze along side of Linux for |
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> > gaming purposes, I now realize that this is never going to happen and |
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> > would like to change the partition type from NTFS to Linux Native. Is |
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> > it possible to do this without hurting the other partitions on the |
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> > disk? I really can't afford to re-format/re-install the whole machine |
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> > right now. |
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> > |
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> > The partition structure looks like this: |
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> > hda1 -> NTFS (unformatted, want to convert over to Linux Native + ext3) |
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> > hda2 -> Swap |
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> > hda3 -> Linux Native (formatted ext3 with Gentoo installed) |
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> > |
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> > -Mike |
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> > |
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> |
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> In addition to what others already suggested, it also would make sense to |
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> actually change the partition type in the partition table: |
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> fdisk /dev/hda |
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> then press "t" and type partition number (1 in your case), then 83 (Linux |
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> Native) when asked for partition type. |
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Right, this is exactly what I want to do but can I do it without |
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seriously screwing up the disk? i.e. can I change the partition type |
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without screwing up the existing partitions? |
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-Mike |
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Michael E. Crute |
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http://mike.crute.org |
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