[ale] Next question-- partition trouble

[cdcoleman]

Boot from a live CD and use gparted to delete the 8.04 partition and allocate it 
to the 9.04 partition. I guess you will have to change GRUB configuration so it 
will no longer boot to the deleted 8.04 partition. The link below should be 
helpful. 


http://www.howtoforge.com/partitioning_with_gparted


 Chris Coleman




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From: Mark Wright <m.perry.wright at gmail.com>
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Thu, August 5, 2010 8:40:25 AM
Subject: [ale] Next question-- partition trouble

Next question,

I installed ubuntu 9.04 on a laptop that had 8.04 and some other OS already on 
it.  The partition software respected the previously installed OSes and only 
used what was left on the disk to put 9.04.  I didn't need the down level Ubuntu 
partition but couldn't do anything about it.  Now I am running out of space and 
want to find a way to get rid of the 8.04 partition and use the space for the 
9.04 installation while preserving the other OS that is being tolerated due to 
proprietary wimax hardware.

I have been reading up on grub and gparted but am not seeing what I need.  I 
think I should be able to erase the pointers to the partition with Grub then 
suck that space into the other Ubuntu installation with Gparted. 

 Any partitioning experts?


Mark Wright
m.perry.wright at gmail.com
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