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  1. 04-13-2007 #1
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    Talking Deleted Windows Partition

    Ok I have been using a dual boot laptop for some time, but I am feed up with windows. I virus just wipped out windows sys files. So Instead of trying to fix it for the next couple of weeks I have already deleted the windows partition through yast. I am running suse 10.1 and I would like to expand the /home the other remaing 50 gigs but it tells me I must unmount home first and I dont know how to do that also I havent been able to update suse 10.1 for a couple weeks, but when I look into the sites its pulling the updates from it tells me the are unreachable or unused something like that. I have internet access so I dont know whats wrong, have they changed? Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Neal.
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    Post output of "fdisk -l".
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    Ok I have been using a dual boot laptop for some time, but I am feed up with windows. I virus just wipped out windows sys files. So Instead of trying to fix it for the next couple of weeks I have already deleted the windows partition through yast. I am running suse 10.1 and I would like to expand the /home the other remaing 50 gigs but it tells me I must unmount home first
    its not possible to resize mounted partitions.
    download GParted LiveCD and resize /home partition using it.
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    /dev/hda1 1 7012 56323858+ 83 Linux
    /dev/hda2 7013 9729 21824302+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
    /dev/hda5 7013 7206 1558273+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
    /dev/hda6 7207 8233 8249346 83 Linux
    /dev/hda7 8234 9729 12016588+ 83 Linux

    i used the utility to repartition the space but now how do i change the boot up from showing windows and linux, i just want it to boot linux!
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    log in as root and open /boot/grub/menu.lst file. put # sign before these lines
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    title Windows
    rootnoverify (hd0,0)
    chainloader (hd0,0)+1
    post the contents of /etc/fstab file.
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    I'm REALLY new to linux, so don't know if I can be of much help, but I know that 10.1 has a broken updater in YAsT, and I think the software updater applet (ZEN?) so the work around was to use SMART. I found really good instructions here
    I also read in a book that libzypp has problems, so to update mine I got Smart to work.
    Maybe it will save you some frustration.
    as to repartitioning, I will let those a LOT more knowledgeable answer. Good luck
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    oh fiddle, the link left, it is http://susewiki.org/index.php?title=...ackage_Manager
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