Managing Partitions

[hackneydave]

I want to remove a partition loaded with another Linux distro. Been running dual boot for some time and want to use LL exclusively now. How can I delete the other partition and reclaim disk space for LL? Thanks for your help!

[m654321]

I want to remove a partition loaded with another Linux distro. Been running dual boot for some time and want to use LL exclusively now. How can I delete the other partition and reclaim disk space for LL? Thanks for your help!

To remove the other distro follow this sequence:
1. Boot up into LL
2. Open gparted (find it by clicking on menu button, and type gparted into the search bar)
3. In the gparted window you will see your different partition - click on the partition that contains the other distro
4. Press delete (red cross) in the gparted task bar, then close gparted
5. To update your grub file, open the terminal and type:

Code:

sudo update-grub

6. Reboot, and you should see that the grubscreen now only lists LL

To reclaim the disk space that has been freed up, you can absorb it into your LL partition:
[size=1em]1. Click on your LL partition in gparted
2. Click on the Partition tab in the gparted taskbar
[/size]3. In the drop-down box click on Resize/Move and adjust to the size you want

Hope this helps 
Mike