Spell it out for me please !!

russell108 · 12-14-2004, 09:32 AM

I have no idea how to repartition my hard drive to give windows XP some more space.

I have linux suse 9.1 installed

There must be a way goddamnit!!!

JunctaJuvant · 12-14-2004, 10:54 AM

You may find some useful information about asking questions here
In the mean time, perhaps the path to enlightenment begins here

russell108 · 12-15-2004, 05:44 AM

Sorry if i was a bit vague.

I want to make the windows partition larger but dont know how to 'unmount' the linux part..newb here if you hadnt guessed.

If possible i would uninstall linux altogether but again i dont know where to start.

abisko00 · 12-15-2004, 05:59 AM

If the linux partition you want to shrink is the rootpartition (/) you cannot do this from a running system. What you need is a Linux distro that runs from CD (e.g. KNOPPIX). There you have all tool for resizing available.

russell108 · 12-20-2004, 07:12 AM

can i buy a knoppix cd anywhere ?

I searched the web for a download but it doesnt look newb friendly..

JunctaJuvant · 12-20-2004, 08:47 AM

Searched the web? Really? And still no luck finding the knoppix homepage? That's pretty amazing!

J.W. · 12-20-2004, 08:57 PM

You can download Knoppix right here from the LQ ISO site -- J.W.

Sepero · 12-20-2004, 09:27 PM

fsck it!

(I love reading threads like this once in a while

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Sepero · 12-20-2004, 09:30 PM

BTW: There is a tool in MS XP that will allow you to delete partitions. I think you right-click on "My Computer", and go to Manage. I think it should be somewhere under disks.

Be sure your boot-loader is on MS first, though.

russell108 · 01-28-2005, 07:46 AM

Ok i've bought a Knoppix live 3.7 cd rom

It gos to a desktop where i run Qt parted but when i try to
resize the windows partition it says cannot resize when partition is active/in use...

what gives.....??

Sepero · 01-28-2005, 08:19 AM

Open a root console and type this:
umount /mnt/hd*

russell108 · 02-01-2005, 04:25 AM

Is that 'run command' or root shell ...i dont know what a
a root console is sorry

abisko00 · 02-01-2005, 04:38 AM

A root console is a command line interface where you are logged in as root. There should be a special option like this in some menu (most probably the 'root shell') when you do this in KNOPPIX, since you do not have passwords.

makuyl · 02-01-2005, 04:38 AM

Open a console and type sudo su to become root, exit with ctrl-d, or find an item in the knoppix menu called "Root shell".
If you're going to touch the swap partition you need to either use the noswap cheatcode at the boot: prompt or or open a root console and do swapoff /dev/hd?? where ?? is your swap partition.

Sepero · 02-01-2005, 06:15 AM

These all mean basically the same thing: xterm, terminal, shell, console, commandline.

On a similar topic... they say eskimos have about 20-30 different words for snow.