Uninstall

[mike]

Is there a way to just flat uninstall FC 8.  I need to make a 
workstation match a customer configuration.

They use Ubuntu, which has the worst Installation program I have ever 
seen.  Thus I need to uninstall FC 8 to create open space.  Partion 
Magic from the XP partition craps the basket and claims it cannot even 
find the drive letter.

I really would hate to buy a new machine just to match the customer 
configuration.

Any help is appreciated.

[Anne Wilson]

On Friday 05 December 2008 13:02:49 Robert Holtzman wrote:
>  On Fri, 5 Dec 2008, Robert Holtzman wrote:
>  > On Sun, 6 Jul 2008, Anne Wilson wrote:
>  >> On Sunday 06 July 2008 10:57, Mike Dwiggins wrote:
>  >>> Is there a way to just flat uninstall FC 8.  I need to make a
>  >>> workstation match a customer configuration.
>  >>>
>  >>> They use Ubuntu, which has the worst Installation program I have ever
>  >>> seen.  Thus I need to uninstall FC 8 to create open space.  Partion
>  >>> Magic from the XP partition craps the basket and claims it cannot even
>  >>> find the drive letter.
>  >>>
>  >>> I really would hate to buy a new machine just to match the customer
>  >>> configuration.
>  >>
>  >> I believe that the latest incarnation of PM can see linux partitions,
>  >> but I wouldn't choose to use it.  I'd boot from a live CD and run
>  >> gparted or qparted to handle the partitions.
>  >
>  > Back in the days of RH6.0 I used PM to create open space and ext2
>  > partitions on my W95 box to install RH on. I would be surprised if
>  > it's lost the capability to recognize linux partitions since then.
>
>  Damn, my mail client just opened the list to July's messages and I
>  didn't look at the date. Didn't really mean to reply to a 6 month old
>  message. Apologies.
>  
NP :-)  I don't dispute that PM has had the ability for a long time.  It had 
it in PM6, I know for sure.  However, when I used it I did  have some 
problems.  Since then I have stuck to my resolve to use linux tools to create 
linux partitions and windows tools to create windows  partitions.  I'm 
probably being paranoid, but it just feels safer that way :-)

Anne

[Bob Holtzman]

On Fri, 5 Dec 2008, Robert Holtzman wrote:

>  On Sun, 6 Jul 2008, Anne Wilson wrote:
>
> > On Sunday 06 July 2008 10:57, Mike Dwiggins wrote:
> >> Is there a way to just flat uninstall FC 8.  I need to make a
> >> workstation match a customer configuration.
> >> 
> >> They use Ubuntu, which has the worst Installation program I have ever
> >> seen.  Thus I need to uninstall FC 8 to create open space.  Partion
> >> Magic from the XP partition craps the basket and claims it cannot even
> >> find the drive letter.
> >> 
> >> I really would hate to buy a new machine just to match the customer
> >> configuration.
> >> 
> > I believe that the latest incarnation of PM can see linux partitions, but I
> > wouldn't choose to use it.  I'd boot from a live CD and run gparted or
> > qparted to handle the partitions.
>
>  Back in the days of RH6.0 I used PM to create open space and ext2 partitions 
>  on my W95 box to install RH on. I would be surprised if
>  it's lost the capability to recognize linux partitions since then. 
Damn, my mail client just opened the list to July's messages and I 
didn't look at the date. Didn't really mean to reply to a 6 month old 
message. Apologies.

-- 
Bob Holtzman
"If you think you're getting free lunch,
  check the price of the beer"

[Bob Holtzman]

On Sun, 6 Jul 2008, Anne Wilson wrote:

>  On Sunday 06 July 2008 10:57, Mike Dwiggins wrote:
> > Is there a way to just flat uninstall FC 8.  I need to make a
> > workstation match a customer configuration.
> >
> > They use Ubuntu, which has the worst Installation program I have ever
> > seen.  Thus I need to uninstall FC 8 to create open space.  Partion
> > Magic from the XP partition craps the basket and claims it cannot even
> > find the drive letter.
> >
> > I really would hate to buy a new machine just to match the customer
> > configuration.
> >
>  I believe that the latest incarnation of PM can see linux partitions, but I
>  wouldn't choose to use it.  I'd boot from a live CD and run gparted or
>  qparted to handle the partitions. 
Back in the days of RH6.0 I used PM to create open space and ext2 
partitions on my W95 box to install RH on. I would be surprised if
it's lost the capability to recognize linux partitions since then.

-- 
Bob Holtzman
  "The best argument against democracy is a five
minute conversation with the average voter."
                               Winston Churchill

[Tim]

On Sun, 2008-07-06 at 02:57 -0700, Mike Dwiggins wrote:
>  Is there a way to just flat uninstall FC 8.  I need to make a 
>  workstation match a customer configuration.
>
>  They use Ubuntu, which has the worst Installation program I have ever 
>  seen.  Thus I need to uninstall FC 8 to create open space.  Partion 
>  Magic from the XP partition craps the basket and claims it cannot even 
>  find the drive letter. 
I don't recall the Ubuntu installation being difficult to repartition
the drive.  Just have Ubuntu take over the entire drive for itself.
Alternatively, pre-installation, you could boot from a CD and wipe out
the partitions on the drive (e.g. use the fdisk program, and write an
empty partition table - read its menus).


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[Anne Wilson]

On Sunday 06 July 2008 10:57, Mike Dwiggins wrote:
>  Is there a way to just flat uninstall FC 8.  I need to make a
>  workstation match a customer configuration.
>
>  They use Ubuntu, which has the worst Installation program I have ever
>  seen.  Thus I need to uninstall FC 8 to create open space.  Partion
>  Magic from the XP partition craps the basket and claims it cannot even
>  find the drive letter.
>
>  I really would hate to buy a new machine just to match the customer
>  configuration.
>  
I believe that the latest incarnation of PM can see linux partitions, but I 
wouldn't choose to use it.  I'd boot from a live CD and run gparted or 
qparted to handle the partitions.

OTOH, it depends on what you actually want from that box.  Would you prefer to 
keep Fedora for yourself and at the same time have Ubuntu so that you can 
work with them?  There are options there - another drive and edit grub to 
handle both, or a VM, which is a little trickier to set up, but saves you 
needing to reboot to look at Ubuntu.

Anne

[Bruno Wolff III]

On Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 02:57:27 -0700,
  Mike Dwiggins <mike(a)azdwiggins.com&gt; wrote:
>  Is there a way to just flat uninstall FC 8.  I need to make a  
>  workstation match a customer configuration. 
Just install over it. Ubuntu should be providing some way to install in
existing partitions.