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hi.
(sorry - i can not write english very good)
this is list of my partition in my system:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 63 73400984 36700461 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 73401046 312580095 119589525 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 73401048 146801969 36700461 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6 146802033 198017189 25607578+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda7 198017253 243079514 22531131 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda8 243079578 279386414 18153418+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda9 279388160 308695039 14653440 83 Linux
/dev/sda10 308697088 312580095 1941504 82 Linux swap / Solaris
my arch linux partition (root partition) is 'sda8'
but it is ntfs.
in windows explorer i can see this partition, but i can not open this.
in need convert this partiotion from ntfs to linux format (like ext4).
(without change data).
please help me.
Last edited by Open-Source (2010-12-01 14:18:42)
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Interesting, I wouldn't have thought it was possible to install Arch on NTFS...
You can boot on a Linux live CD/USB, mount your sda8 partition, and backup it with something like:
sudo tar --one-file-system -C /media/yourpartition/ -cvaf /media/destinationpartition/arch.tgz "*"
Check that the backup seems ok, unmount your partition, format it with mkfs.ext4, remount it and restore the backup with something like "sudo tar xaf /media/destinationpartition/arch.tgz /media/yourpartition/" (not sure.)
I can't garantee that this will work perfectly but that's what I'd do.
Last edited by stqn (2010-12-01 16:08:20)
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Interesting, I wouldn't have thought it was possible to install Arch on NTFS...
You can boot on a Linux live CD/USB, mount your sda8 partition, and backup it with something like:
sudo tar --one-file-system -C /media/yourpartition/ -cvaf /media/destinationpartition/arch.tgz "*"
Check that the backup seems ok, unmount your partition, format it with mkfs.ext4, remount it and restore the backup with something like "sudo tar xaf /media/destinationpartition/arch.tgz /media/yourpartition/" (not sure.)
I can't garantee that this will work perfectly but that's what I'd do.
tnx.
but i need to best way.
help.
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The type indicator in the partition table (that says "7 HPFS/NTFS") is not necessarily the real type of your filesystem. What is the output of the "mount" command, with no arguments? That will list the current partitions and what types they are.
If you just want to change the type in the partition table and leave the filesystem untouched, use cfdisk.
Last edited by tavianator (2010-12-01 21:15:58)
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