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Thread ID: 145729	2018-01-15 03:06:00	So today I..	piroska (17583)	PC World Chat

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1444823	2018-01-15 03:06:00	Deleted Windows. haven't been back in it for ages so why bother. There was a small moment of panic when it said my boot loader was miles away (?) and my bios might not see it, but it was all good on boot. Haven't quite worked out how to merge the free space yet but I'll get there. Had another bit of weirdness with sound. Zilch, nada, did a terminal thing and it popped back into life.... Not sure why, but if I don't stay in this I'll never learn, so this is the best way to do it. Quite refreshing really, no more Avs, no more heaps of stuff I used to have just to keep the thing clean actually. Yes, have done some basic backups, once I've tidied properly I'll reimage and bye bye MS forever.	piroska (17583)
1444824	2018-01-15 03:22:00	Good on you. Happy to assist if I can.	KarameaDave (15222)
1444825	2018-01-15 03:44:00	Gparted is the tool I use to manage partitions in Linux, available from the software manager. Pretty easy to figure out. It's normally on the ISO you install from and if you boot into live linux it's there to use, but it doesn't seem to get installed with Linux ponce you put it on your hard drive so you have to add it, or boot from the install disk and do it from there.	dugimodo (138)
1444826	2018-01-15 05:22:00	You probably don't need to repartition (unless your OCD compels you ... ;) ). You can just create a new filesystem on the old Win partition (with mkfs or such) and mount it wherever you want ( like /home/you/data or such)	fred_fish (15241)
1444827	2018-01-15 08:15:00	Well that was exciting . I asked on the Mint forum how to mess with the partitions . But I was impatient so booted off the CD and did it . Rather scarey as it gave me warnings . Anyway of course, it then didn't boot . So I went back into the CD and did a fix grub tool thingy . And it fixed it . My boot partition is huge, 146Gb, the other is now the rest of the drive . Worryingly I no longer have a swap partition . Should I? It has no option to make one . Anyway all is well, things booted back up happily again . And checking the Mint forum, I'm told I can't do what I did, I'd have to reinstall . Um . . . . I kept this: . ubuntu . com/26390393/" target="_blank">paste . ubuntu . com Means nothing to me but it seemed like a good idea when it asked if I wanted to . This is what they said: johnny9308 The simplest and safest way to clean up your partitions (since you aren't using LVM) would be to back up your important files, reinstall Linux Mint from scratch (tell it to wipe everything), then restore your important files . If your partitioning setup was using LVM that would have made things easier . It's possible to resize partitions without LVM but it's a fairly risky/advanced topic . If you want to learn more, do a web search for "resize2fs gparted delete" . Be sure to back up your important files before attempting any partitioning changes . xenopeek It's not going to be trivial to merge the partitions . It is a very time consuming action as well (because it will copy large amounts of data on the disk) . The advice above to back up the files you want to keep and reinstall is a sound one . That lets the Linux Mint installer set it up to use your entire disk . /dev/sda1: is your Linux boot partition . Unclear why this is 146 GiB big — 2 GiB is more than enough . Reinstalling should fix that . unallocated: probably a gap for partition alignment /dev/sda2: this is an old Windows partition showing almost 60 GiB of data on it . Make sure to backup what you want to keep of this . Ideally you do not use ntfs (Windows) filesystems with Linux . Reinstalling Linux Mint would give you Linux filesystems . /dev/sda3: this is the default extended partition Linux Mint installer creates, in which it makes the logical sub-partitions underneath it . /dev/sda5: this is your Linux Mint partition for the operating system and your own files . /dev/sda6: this is your Linux Mint swap partition . Now I have a /dev/sda1 (boot) and a /dev/sda2 So, next question: Shall I continue to use Active@ for image making? And what do I image? Both? One of them? I'm not sure how it works, before I would have imaged C: only as my D: was data only . Now, god knows . . . . How do I know what sda has my stuff and what is actually on sda1 for instance?	piroska (17583)
1444828	2018-01-15 08:22:00	Also, that wee partition I made, Should it be a swap file? If so, how to I make one? Or shall I use it for storing an image	piroska (17583)
1444829	2018-01-15 08:39:00	If you open synaptic, search for and install gparted you can use it to create a swap partition in your extended partition. I used Clonezilla booted from a flash drive to make images, but I don't bother doing that with Linux now. Instead I use Timeshift, which uses rsync to make restore-able images. I do this to a separate Partition on a second drive (I have it set to do an image first then diffs once a day). itsfoss.com www.linuxandubuntu.com	KarameaDave (15222)
1444830	2018-01-15 19:13:00	Instead I use Timeshift, which uses rsync to make restore-able images. I do this to a separate Partition on a second drive (I have it set to do an image first then diffs once a day). Thanks, I made a swap file...although it isn't using it really...16GB of Ram. Yes I think I like the Timeshift idea, and another drive. Shall hook up the HDD today. (And copy it to both) I tried various things last night....didn't like them much, so Timeshift it will be.	piroska (17583)
1444831	2018-01-15 21:28:00	Yes the swap file is only used if needed, I have in the past run without one.	KarameaDave (15222)
1444832	2018-01-16 18:50:00	Another question. Boot is on sda1, /home is on sda2. It's annoying me. If I wiped sda2, reinstalled on sda1, could I then run a restore of Timeshift and thus restore everything as it is, or wouldn't it work changing partitions? (Obviously having the Timeshift backup on another drive) If not, what would? Systemback?	piroska (17583)
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