how not to initialize HD

[Paul Cartwright]

On Sat July 31 2010, JB wrote:
> > > /dev/sda1   *           1        4462    35840983+   7  HPFS/NTFS
> > > /dev/sda3            4718       12162    59793409    5  Extended
> > > Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
> > > /dev/sda5            4718        5961     9989120   83  Linux
> > > /dev/sda6            5962        8094    17133291   83  Linux
> > > /dev/sda7           11919       12162     1951744   82  Linux swap /
> > > Solaris /dev/sda8            8095       11918    30716248+   c  W95
> > > FAT32 (LBA)
> >
> > already deleted sda8..
>
> Paul,
> so please delete sda7 now, which should be:
> /dev/sda7           11919       12162     1951744   82  Linux swap /
>
> and give me display of:
> # fdisk -l

  Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
 /dev/sda1   *           1        4462    35840983+   7  HPFS/NTFS
 /dev/sda3            4718       12162    59793409    5  Extended
 Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
 /dev/sda5            4718        5961     9989120   83  Linux
 /dev/sda6            5962        8094    17133291   83  Linux 

so, I just deleted my swap partition. I can safely reboot?
-- 
Paul Cartwright
Registered Linux user # 367800