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Smorkster

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Removing other linux from laptop

On my laptop i have Win7, Arch and Ubuntu installed, but now I want to remove Ubuntu.
Since I don't know where GRUB is installed I am stumped as how to go on about this.
Haven't found any guide for this, so can anyone direct me to a guide or give me some pointers.

Last edited by Smorkster (2015-02-19 19:56:59)

jasonwryan

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Re: Removing other linux from laptop

Not a Sysadmin issue, moving to NC...

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WorMzy

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Re: Removing other linux from laptop

You should know where GRUB is installed. Did you install it on Arch? If yes, it's on Arch. If no, it's on Ubuntu. If yes, but you installed Ubuntu after Arch, then it's probably on Ubuntu, because Ubuntu's installer is crap. Ultimately, it shouldn't matter too much -- you should have a liveCD/USB of Arch lying around in case things go sideways (you're messing with partitions and bootloaders after all).

What you need to do is:

1. Delete the other system's partitions

Done.

Optionally you can resize your partitions and filesystems to use up the freed space, or you can create a new partition for /storage or whatever. That's all up to you.

If you find that you can't boot after removing Ubuntu, boot the Arch LiveCD and reinstall GRUB (or a less convoluted bootloader/manager). The instructions are on the wiki.

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Smorkster

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Re: Removing other linux from laptop

I set up all the OS's some years ago, so I can't really remember where stuff is installed. And I also haven't used Arch or Ubuntu in a while.
But I checked the order of the partitions and found that they are installed in the order W7, U, A. So I suppose I installed U first and then A; thus installing GRUB from U.
After some more searching I found this. Would this be applicable?

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: Removing other linux from laptop

After some more searching I found this. Would this be applicable?

Only if you have a non-EFI system on an MBR disk.

At any rate such precautions are entirely unnecessary for an Archer: just load up the Arch live ISO, mount your partitions, (arch-)chroot in and re-install your bootloader -- just as you did when installing your system.

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teateawhy

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Re: Removing other linux from laptop

Yes. The post by WorMzy explains the same thing as in the link you have posted. Go ahead now and ask again if you have any problems.