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

Sa Mär 09 13:19:41 2013
Good afternoon
Thank You for help.

I have done this sort of thing recently.
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I saw
it is not installed
but I could see it in the software-center.
So I am sure
it is easy to install for me.

gparted should already be
installed with xubuntu. If not, from the terminal (also known as the
command line) type:

sudo apt-get install gparted
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Thank You.

Once that is installed, do the following:
1. Backup your Xubuntu partition just to be on the safe side
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OK

2. Run gparted from the menu. I do not know the specific location
on xubuntu but it should be under something like "Administration"
or "System" or "System Tools."

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OK

3. Using gparted, delete ONLY the Ubuntu partition.
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OK

4. Apply changes
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What does this mean?

5. Using gparted, resize the Xubuntu partition. If it won't let you
do this, come back and let me know. We can still get there from
here.
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OK

6. Apply changes
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How can I do this?

7. From the command line type:

sudo update-grub
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I understand.

This will update the grub menu so only Xubuntu exists
8. From the command line type:

sudo grub-install
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This I dont understand.

This will make the change in grub permanent.
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Why there is:
sudo update-grub
AND
sudo grub-install

You should at this point have the entire 80 GB available to Xubuntu.
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Thank You.

One more note. I always keep all of my data on a separate partition.
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On my Linux Systems
I have a Desktop.
In this Desktop there is a directory
userfiles.
This directory contains:
dailyfiles (new created or downloaded)
usefiles (files from other computers)
backupothers (backup files from other computers and the backup from this
computer is on another computer)
downloads (programs like Opera I did download from internet)
So every evening I am copying the directory dailyfiles on USB Stick
and once a week I burn it on CD.

Is this a good way to save files?

I always mount it as /data when I install a new or updated Linux OS.
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I copy all files from directory dailyfiles to usb-stick and another
computer.
Only problem are the directories from mail-programmes.
Claws is very easy to save files there is a subdirectory in the
directory dailyfiles.

I don't use /home because some settings for one distro will not work
with another distro. In this way, I keep my home partition just for
settings then save all of my information on my /data partition. I
would suggest this to you while you are doing this. If you want me
to modify this to make a scheme such as this work for you, just let
me know.

Thank You.
If I really would destroy my os
before I do dangerous things
I am copying dailyfiles
and so I loose only program-files and these files I can download again
from www.

Regards
Sophie

Again Thank You.