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| Thread ID: 134215 | 2013-06-11 09:28:00 | Still have a problem with removing Ubuntu | asdex (1488) | Press F1 |
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| 1345406 | 2013-06-13 10:47:00 | You don't need to worry about the swaps - I think any booted version of Linux will use any swap partitions it sees. | johnd (85) | ||
| 1345407 | 2013-06-13 21:16:00 | You don't need to worry about the swaps - I think any booted version of Linux will use any swap partitions it sees. Correct, Linux will detect and use swap's automatically. Having said that, two swap partitions is unnecessary. |
Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1345408 | 2013-06-14 23:31:00 | Hi all, never that easy with Linux. I booted into Ubuntu from a USB drive and run GParted. I couldn't delete the Ubuntu partition beacuse it said I had to unmount all above sda7 which was sda8 the Ubuntu swap file which was locked. So I resized the Ubuntu partition to get some more GB for my Mint partition. Now I can't resize the Mint partition and grab the spare unalocated space. Do I need to format it first to Ex4? Have attached a picture. Thanks |
asdex (1488) | ||
| 1345409 | 2013-06-14 23:49:00 | Found the "swap off" and deleted the partitions ok. Now just to combine... | asdex (1488) | ||
| 1345410 | 2013-06-14 23:54:00 | Too easy. Now the Grub thing... | asdex (1488) | ||
| 1345411 | 2013-06-15 00:10:00 | The menu Grub actually was there and worked ok but in Mint, the Linux partition wasn't showing the size. I though I would do the reinstall Grub thing but got this: See the sudo mount /dev/sda6/mnt command didn't work. root@ubuntu:~# sudo fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 750.2 GB, 750156374016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders, total 1465149168 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x68a2f05f Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 2048 3074047 1536000 27 Hidden NTFS WinRE /dev/sda2 3074048 1251194934 624060443+ 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda3 1439490048 1465147391 12828672 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda4 1251196926 1439490047 94146561 5 Extended /dev/sda5 1431164928 1439490047 4162560 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda6 1251196928 1431162879 89982976 83 Linux Partition table entries are not in disk order Disk /dev/sdb: 4008 MB, 4008706048 bytes 118 heads, 53 sectors/track, 1251 cylinders, total 7829504 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x488c5001 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 8064 7829503 3910720 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) root@ubuntu:~# sudo mount /dev/sda6/mnt mount: can't find /dev/sda6/mnt in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab root@ubuntu:~# |
asdex (1488) | ||
| 1345412 | 2013-06-15 04:02:00 | Well, you've got me thoroughly confused (not hard to do admittedly!). I'm guessing you are having problems with grub. Not sure what you are trying to do with the mount command but the syntax you are using is wrong (it should be "sudo mount /dev/sda6 /mnt" you need the space between sda6 and /mnt). I'm guessing you have booted with a live USB/CD and are trying to fix grub from there. Correct? |
Rod J (451) | ||
| 1345413 | 2013-06-15 04:21:00 | I'm guessing you are having problems with grub because you installed Ubuntu first (and installed grub on the MBR of drive sda), then installed Mint. So, Ubuntu would have been in control of grub. You then deleted the Ubuntu partition so now grub is confused (if it works at all) and you can't get Mint to correct the problem. | Rod J (451) | ||
| 1345414 | 2013-06-15 04:35:00 | I'm guessing you are having problems with grub because you installed Ubuntu first (and installed grub on the MBR of drive sda), then installed Mint. So, Ubuntu would have been in control of grub. You then deleted the Ubuntu partition so now grub is confused (if it works at all) and you can't get Mint to correct the problem. Yea, think he's following the instruction in the link in post 2 to reinstall grub. Must admit, the space doesn't show up exceptionally well in the steps. | Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1345415 | 2013-06-15 08:00:00 | Hi yes that sounds correct. Windows 8 the installed Ubuntu the Mint. I have everything going now. Sorted out partitions. I have the Windows C and a Backup D and Mint and a Swap. All looks correct in Windows but not in Mint. GParted shows one unallocated space. Picture attached. Grub still looks ok but after all my partition changes in Wndows, GParted in Mint is having trouble seeing them. Any ideas on how to fix this? Seems something needs a refresh. Thanks, |
asdex (1488) | ||
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