Re: Removing windows XP ??

Bungee wrote:

> Beck <my_bulkmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> OKay I think I have finally found the Linux setup I like and I am happy
>> with it.
>>
>> The main problem is that on this partition I only have 900mb left.
>>
>> The whole drive is 10Gb. 5.5Gb is for windows XP on partition C and the
>> rest for linux and its swap.
>>
>> I am not worried about getitng rid of XP and merging the partitions into
>> one but am a bit scared of doing so in case I screw something up.
>>
>> I downloaded Qpart and had a look, there was an option to format C I
>> think. But I am really unsure of what to do.
>>
>> Please advise if you can.
>
> Exactly what size/order of partitions do you currently have on the drive?
>
> From a terminal in Linux do:
> df
>

Hi Bungee, the following is a copy and paste from the terminal

Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda2 3826584 2711188 921012 75% /
tmpfs 124428 0 124428 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 124428 12588 111840
11% /lib/modules/2.6.12-9-386/volatile

.

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