[ltp] recovery partition

[Eben King]

On Fri, 22 Jul 2005, Florian Dorpmueller wrote:

> >If you removed the partition, then you have now like 4-6GB more, ain't that
> >great?
> 
> How can I remove it?
> 
> What I have done so far is to insert a debian net install CD to boot with it 
> and to let the installer format the whole disk. Can I assume that the 
> recovery partition has been cleared or will it reside somewhere hidden?

Maybe use "fdisk -l /dev/hda" and compare this line:

Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 15017 cylinders
                                      ^^^^^

with the ending cylinder from your (physically) last cylinder?  You said

> let the installer format the whole disk

DYM as one big partition?  then it'd be /dev/hda1.  In my case it's this:

/dev/hda5          8000     15017  56372085   83  Linux
                            ^^^^^

Try that, anyhow.

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