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billytalent
January 16th, 2009, 11:18 PM
Hey guys, where would i be without you :)

I installed today a copy of Helix (http://www.e-fense.com/helix/) (im a CSI) on my machine, thing is, its basically just ubuntu with a few Forensic programs on there. I feel like im waisting space.

The install is showing up as an older version of ubuntu (8.04), my question is, how can i uninstall this particular install without removing linux all together and therefor claiming back my 11GB i initially gave it?

Cheers!
Pumalite
January 16th, 2009, 11:31 PM
Use Gparted Live CD:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=115843&package_id=271779
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/documentation.php
billytalent
January 16th, 2009, 11:42 PM
Use Gparted Live CD:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=115843&package_id=271779
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/documentation.php

Cheers man,

but could you tell me what to do once live CD is running?

ta
Pumalite
January 17th, 2009, 05:40 PM
Post a screenshot of Gparted with the drive in question.
billytalent
January 17th, 2009, 08:26 PM
Post a screenshot of Gparted with the drive in question.

http://i39.tinypic.com/2rcu06w.png

there you go man, i have literally being searching far and wide for a solution to this problem. The best one i found was to find a different distro i liked and manually overright helix altogether, dont know how that would turn out though.

how difficult can it be, a simple removal of one operating system.
Pumalite
January 17th, 2009, 09:12 PM
Which one you want to get rid of?
billytalent
January 17th, 2009, 10:08 PM
Which one you want to get rid of?

The one thats highlighted :) and of course the linux swap for it.
billytalent
January 17th, 2009, 10:13 PM
Could i not just delete the partition and edit grub?
Pumalite
January 17th, 2009, 10:31 PM
The problem you face is that they are both inside of an extended partition; as is your new install I asume. I would erase the extended partition and everything on it. Then install again what you want.
billytalent
January 17th, 2009, 10:38 PM
The problem you face is that they are both inside of an extended partition; as is your new install I asume. I would erase the extended partition and everything on it. Then install again what you want.

So correct me if i am wrong, i should log out of linux, into windows, delete the linux partitions which will create unallocated space right? and then install ubuntu again?

when i delete the partition, do i delete all the files on there?

so when i do the ubuntu re-install i should have 20+GB instead of 2 linux installs of 10gb each?

just checking!?
Pumalite
January 17th, 2009, 11:05 PM
Use:
Use Gparted Live CD:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...kage_id=271779
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/documentation.php
Erase all we said after you saved your data and then reinstall Ubuntu.
billytalent
January 17th, 2009, 11:45 PM
Use:
Use Gparted Live CD:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...kage_id=271779
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/documentation.php
Erase all we said after you saved your data and then reinstall Ubuntu.

I used gparted live Cd to delete the partitions, then couldnt get into windows because grub got messed up, luckily i had helix live CD, went in there and installed grub again pphewwww

Now i have my ubuntu install and windows, ill delete the linux partition now via windows which will turn it into allocated space, then reinstall linux :)

Thanx for yourr help mate,
Pumalite
January 18th, 2009, 12:10 AM
That's O.K. too.