Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2017 21:07:41 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: swjatoslaw gerus <milstar2@eml.cc> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why don't you just remove one of the Linux installationy you have? -yes ready to perform but Message-ID: <20170102210741.02003057.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <1483385148.838475.835195569.6E8F7BAE@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <1483234588.3953682.834028153.34EF2FB6@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20170101032236.58b18351.freebsd@edvax.de> <1483319958.407695.834613121.22D7AD34@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20170102022858.aa354bba.freebsd@edvax.de> <1483378580.815169.835118185.09E0A997@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20170102193911.9bfbb0cb.freebsd@edvax.de> <1483385148.838475.835195569.6E8F7BAE@webmail.messagingengine.com>
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On Mon, 02 Jan 2017 20:25:48 +0100, swjatoslaw gerus wrote: > Why don't you just remove one of the Linux installationy you have? > > yes ready to perform this taskbut > > in linux grub 1 installation 32 bit 16.04 sda1 > 2 installation 64 bit 16.04 sda6 was made 1 month later after > 1 GRUB will have no problem. So you currently have this layout: sda1 = Ubuntu 32 Bit sda6 = Ubuntu 64 Bit You can easily verify if this is correct: Boot the 1st Linux and issue the command "mount": You will see which partition it has been mounting as a root partition, for example this could be sda1. Then you shut down, boot the other installation, issue "mount" again and see that the root partition is sda6. Now you know which partition corresponds to which Ubuntu version. If you are unsure, post the full output of the "mount" command to the list. For illustration, here's an example from a FreeBSD system (note the different names of the partitions): % mount /dev/ada0p2 on / (ufs, local, journaled soft-updates) Look which device is mounted on / (the root partition). The 64 bit version is the one that you are _not_ using at the moment, i. e., the one that doesn't work properly. So just remove that partition. You can do it with the manual partitioning from within the FreeBSD installer, or using gparted from the 32 bit Ubuntu. > bsd loader notation another Yes, that is obvious and has already been explained. > which of is first ? would try to check bsd loader The FreeBSD loader won't be much help here, it's not even installed. > but would not possible if erase installation 1 grub would allocate > all disk to 2 linux ? GRUB is a boot manager, it does not magically assign partitions. It just lets you select from what is present on the disk. After you've removed one partition, the GRUB loader screen will have one entry less, or the "remaining" entry just won't work. Again: Make sure the space freed by removing one partition is not being "formatted" afterwards. You can check that with the fdisk program: One partition (sda1, for example) is assigned to Linux, the remining disk space is _not_ assigned. It will then be listed as free (available) space in the FreeBSD installer. The installer will put FreeBSD into that space. Later on, when you're ready to say goodbye to the troublesome Linux, you can delete that partition, and use it as a data partition (or maybe /home partition) for FreeBSD. Or you keep it as a "backup system", just in case. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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