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Date:      Mon, 02 Jan 2017 21:41:14 +0100
From:      swjatoslaw gerus <milstar2@eml.cc>
To:        Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   2 -single user text ... extra keyboard accepted Re: Why don't you just remove one of the Linux installationy you have? -yes ready to perform   but
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extra keyboard  not accepted  for single user bsd text installer
poweroff  poweron
both linux sda1 sda6 recovery mode 
poweroff    plugin  sandisk ,poweron
2 -single user text

test extrqa keyboard   
extra keyboard accepted 
#######################

  Exist any possbility  to check disk from this mode ?
Is this option more suited for single user  ? 
 

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  swjatoslaw  gerus
  milstar2@eml.cc

On Mon, Jan 2, 2017, at 09:07 PM, Polytropon wrote:
> 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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