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

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

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

It is best to set the desired partition size at the time of
installation. If I understand you correctly, you currently have two
partitions, one for Ubuntu, and One for Xubuntu.

Gparted should be included in the Live CD/disc of UBUNTU (unless that
has changed significantly since Version10.04). You could use that
program to delete the Xubuntu partition and change the size of the
Ubuntu partition.

My reccomendation though, is it would be better to have a separate
partion for Ubuntu where you can store files. Many users have one
partition for the system ( ~ 20-25 GB would be a good size these
days?), and then allocate the rest of the hard drive to a seprate
partition. On this partition, the "/home" userspace folders are
mounted. In this manner, most all setting files as well as any
downloads and created documents stay safe there. Now you can
completely uninstall and reinstall the OS without loosing all of your
data and configuration settings (of course you would still need to
back up /home just in case).

So I guess I am recommending either leaving the partitions as is or
shrinking one by about half and increasing the other, then migrate
/home to mount on the separate partition.

Here are two guides (one more gui friendly) if you decide you want to
go that route.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving
http://www.howtogeek.com/116742/how-to-create-a-separate-home-partition-after-installing-ubuntu/

And here is a similar howtogeek link that should give you whatever
info you need if you just want to delete Xubuntu and have a big single
partition (like you indicated).
http://www.howtogeek.com/114503/how-to-resize-your-ubuntu-partitions/

Best,
Chris

On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 1:39 AM, highskywhy@yahoo.de highskywhy@yahoo.de> wrote:
>
> grub and how to delete "Ubuntu";two Linuxdistributions,I want to delete
> one distribution;gparted?
>
> 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?
>
> WHY?
> I want to use the whole 80gb hd with Xubuntu.
>
> Regards
> Sophie
>
>
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