linuxgeek: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: grub and how to delete "Ubuntu";two Linuxdistribution,I want to delete one distribution;gparted?

--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, "highskywhy@..." wrote:
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> grub and how to delete "Ubuntu";two Linuxdistributions,I want to delete
> one distribution;gparted?
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> Di Mär 05 08:38:01 2013
> Good morning
>
> I did install
> Ubuntu
> 40gb
> and
> Xubuntu
> 40 gb
> on one hd.
> How can I delete Ubuntu now?
> Should I use gparted?
> How can I download gparted?

The program 'gparted' should already be included in your Xubuntu installation.
Check via:
$ dpkg -l | grep gparted

This command (dpkg -l) lists all installed packages and grep filters it for the term 'gparted' which is what we are interested in

In case it is not installed:
apt-cache search gparted (You don't need root permissions to search for packages)
sudo apt-get install PACKAGE (Put the exact package of gparted name here)

Then you could start gparted, you will be asked your root password. When the Ubuntu partition is no mounted, you can delete it and than add the freed up disk space to your Xubuntu partition(s). Depending on the filesystem you chose for Xubuntu can do that online (That is the Xubuntu partitions (Do you have separate ROOT- and HOME-partitions?) are mounted while running Xubuntu (EXT4) or use a live-system to do that while they are not mounted (necessary when they are formatted EXT3)). Probably you will only be able to extend the HOME-partition (In case you have not set up Logical Volumes). You could unmount your HOME-partition (You would have to leave the graphical environment via CTRL+ALT+F2 and login as root) and then extend it. If possible, you could also resize your ROOT-partition on a running system (EXT4 only, maybe some other file systems too, have a look at Wikipedia). Please search for some online tutorials before you proceed, you can totally break your system and corrupt your data!! Backup first and then do fsck to verify that the file system in the enlarged new partition(s) is in order (Partition has to be unmounted!!!)

Resizing partitions while in a running system should only be done on the commandline, no gparted here. Maybe easiest to use a live-CD to have the GUI available. These are just brief hints on how to do what you want. You will definitively have to look for more information!

Pascal