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On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:31:17 +0000 Simon Robert wrote: > Having converted my mother from xp to ubuntu using the the ubuntu > install disk which allows one to create a dual boot system I now find > I no longer need xp at all. Is there an easy way of reclaiming the > xp partition without having to reinstall ubuntu? I've done a lot of > work transfering things and installing drivers for printers, setting > up crossover office etc which I'd have to repeat if I reinstalled. > > How can I delete the xp partition and give it to ubuntu? > > S Hi Simon, You can indeed. From with Ubuntu you'd need to reformat the Windows partition as something that Linux can use reliably - ext3 is a good choice for most things. I tend to do things from the commandline, so here's how: Firstly, find out where your XP partition is: $ sudo fdisk -l [sudo] password for gsewell: Disk /dev/sda: 60.0 GB, 60011642880 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7296 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x0000000a Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 1275 10241406 7 HPFS/NTFS <=This is it! /dev/sda2 1276 7108 46853572+ 83 Linux /dev/sda3 7109 7296 1510110 5 Extended /dev/sda5 7109 7296 1510078+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris Now that we know where it is, we can give it a decent filesystem: $ sudo mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda1 Now that it has a Linux filesystem, we can put it into the fstab so it's always available. $ sudo gedit /etc/fstab The fstab entries are as follows: <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> So you'd want something like this: /dev/sda1 /home2 ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 Please note that the directory "/home2" must exist for this to work. Please also note that sda1 is just the example from my system. You may want to modify your bootloader to remove the XP entry. What you use this "new" space for is upto you - I would suggest making this your actual "home" space, so you'd need to sync between this and your current "home", etc, etc... but that's for another reply later. ;) Hope this helps. Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html