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On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 17:44:38 +0000 Simon Waters <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 27/10/14 13:47, Neil Winchurst wrote: > > On my laptop, which is a sort of test machine, I have two Linux > > distros set up as a dual boot system. That works well. Now I am > > wondering, if I decide to go back to having just one of them on the > > machine, what is the correct way to remove the one I don't want? I > > have done some research and, as often happens, I finish up more > > confused than ever, > > All depends where your data is. > > But you can just delete the partitions, and reallocate the space if > there is nothing important in there. I suppose you mean using gparted or some such? > > Or just reuse the space for some other purpose. > > I'd probably leave it till I need to test another distro, unless I > needed the space. > Thanks. I haven't finished testing the second distro yet, and I do not need the space. I was just wondering if there would be a proper way of deleting one of the two distros in use. For example simply re-allocating the space would not change grub. Thanks, Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq