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On Fri, Sep 13, 2002 at 11:09:03AM +0300, pete@replicadesigns.net wrote:
I have two operating systems on my computer... WinXP and SUSE 8.0 pro. On HDD I have 2 NTFS partitions that I's like to get rid of. One contains the WinXP and other has random files that are not important, so practiclally formatting that won't be any lost.
Q1: How do I get rid of WinXP partition, so that I am still capable of booting to suse with Lilo.
Use fdisk (or cfdisk for a nicer interface) to delete the partition. Assuming you have put LILO in the boot sector, deleting the partition should have no effect on your ability to boot Linux. If you wish, you can modify your LILO setup to remove the WinXP boot option. You can do this through YaST2, or by editing /etc/lilo.conf and re-running lilo.
Q2; How do I format NTFS partitions.
Assuming you want to format them to Linux... Delete the partitions with fdisk, and create new partitions in their place, with the 'Linux Native' type. Format with mke2fs, or whatever FS takes your fancy. Alternatively, I think that YaST2 has an interface to do all this. -- David Smith Work Email: Dave.Smith@st.com STMicroelectronics Home Email: David.Smith@ds-electronics.co.uk Bristol, England GPG Key: 0xF13192F2