Finally getting rid of Windows (almost)

[Markku Kolkka]

James Pifer kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika perjantai, 12. 
toukokuuta 2006 20:32):
> My current partitions are:
> /dev/hda1   *           1        3199    25695936    7 
> HPFS/NTFS /dev/hda2            3200        3212      104422+ 
> 83  Linux /dev/hda3            3213        9729    52347802+ 
> 8e  Linux LVM
>
> So can I just blow away the hda1 partition, create a new linux
> partition, and add it to the lvm?

That's not necessary, just change the partition type of hda1 to 
8e and you can initialize it with pvcreate and add it to LVM 
with vgextend.

> Or will that hose the 
> boot/grub process?

No, if you don't change the partition number of /boot (hda2).

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