8.04 two times installed!

[RoyRogers]

I have installed 8.4. Really happy with it. :D. I made a mistake though.. First install didn't succeed. Install no. 2 is ok. Problem: I now have two instances of 8.04. Tried to remove the first via gparted, but it says...not allowed to remove /sda5 og /sda6.

From gparted it looks like this:
/dev/sda1 NTFS
/dev/sda2 NTFS
/dev/sda3 NTFS
/dev/sda4 extended
/dev/sda7 ext3
/dev/sda8 linux-swap
/dev/sda5 ext3
/dev/sda6 linux swap

I wanted to incorporate sda5 and sda 6 into sda7 and sda8, where 8.04 are installed. HOWTO pls. Must say that I am a newbie tho linux but i wreally like it.

Mine system is dualboot with XP

[wdaniels]

Best to boot back into the live CD and alter the partitions from there - you can't change a partition while it's in use.

[clarkyscored]

I have installed 8.4. Really happy with it. :D. I made a mistake though.. First install didn't succeed. Install no. 2 is ok. Problem: I now have two instances of 8.04. Tried to remove the first via gparted, but it says...not allowed to remove /sda5 og /sda6.

From gparted it looks like this:
/dev/sda1 NTFS
/dev/sda2 NTFS
/dev/sda3 NTFS
/dev/sda4 extended
/dev/sda7 ext3
/dev/sda8 linux-swap
/dev/sda5 ext3
/dev/sda6 linux swap

I wanted to incorporate sda5 and sda 6 into sda7 and sda8, where 8.04 are installed. HOWTO pls. Must say that I am a newbie tho linux but i wreally like it.

Mine system is dualboot with XP

I've got this exact same issue. I went to change it from the live cd and screwed up the grub though. I'm too scared to do it again...

Are there any other ways?

[Pumalite]

Go Manual and delete the partitions within the extended one. Then make new ones for the new installation.

[clarkyscored]

In partition editor, mine looks like this.



/dev/sda1 ntfs (windows)

/dev/sda8 extended 38.75gb
/dev/sda8 ext3
/dev/sad9 linux-swap
/dev/sad5 ext3 /media/disk-3
/dev/sad6 linux-swap
/dev/sad7 ext3 /media/disk

I know it's a mess, but I don't know which one to delete. I only want one linux.

[Pumalite]

You have to work with unmounted drives/partitions. Gparted Live CD is good for that:
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php
Burn to disk and boot from it.

[clarkyscored]

You have to work with unmounted drives/partitions. Gparted Live CD is good for that:
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php
Burn to disk and boot from it.

I've got it. When I used it, I deleted something I shouldnt have, and it screwed the grub thing. I don't which one I'm supposed to delete. Can I do it from windows? This is my thread's post.

I kept stuffing up my installation of Ubuntu and I've installed it three times in as many days. Now I think I have three different Ubuntu partitions still present on my HDD. Obviously I'd like to get rid of them and keep just one with my windows partition.

So I went into my windows partition thing and it shows this...


http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a26/g-drive/Untitled-3.jpg

IN the linux partitioner it looks like this

/dev/sda1 ntfs (windows)

/dev/sda8 extended 38.75gb
/dev/sda8 ext3
/dev/sad9 linux-swap
/dev/sad5 ext3 /media/disk-3
/dev/sad6 linux-swap
/dev/sad7 ext3 /media/disk

Does this mean I have three unnecessary Ubuntu partitions? It would make sense, because I've reinstalled three times... I don't want to delete anything, because last time I stuffed up the grub client, which is another reason I had to reinstall..

[RoyRogers]

In the end. I had to reinstall everything. Tried to use GParted Live CD, and ****** it up ofcourse. (Lost Grub). Luckily I now and then take a backup.:D
New install, update everything, and its all GO. :guitar: