reusing disk 2007-01-24 - By Bob McClure Jr
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On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 12:27:17PM -0800, chuck lawrence wrote:
> next question...
>
> I'm (re)using an old linux boot disk, now in an external usb enclosure.
> it has a small /boot volume (/dev/sdb1) and a larger / volume
> (/dev/sdb3). I gather /dev/sdb2, if it were there, was previously swap.
>
> can I delete all this and return it to a single disk? all the tools
> I've tried so far (fdisk, parted) assume these are distinct disks, and
> offer to create/delete partitions within them.
If you
fdisk /dev/sdb3
it will misbehave as you describe. If you
fdisk /dev/sdb
you should be able to delete all partitions and then create one
partition the size of the disk. It will be called /dev/sdb1.
> adv(thanks)ance
>
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Cheers,
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Bob McClure, Jr. Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
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