Chad Perrin wrote:
>
> I have a machine that was set to dual-boot.
>
> hda1 was Windows
> hda2 is swap
> hda3 is Linux
>
> I've removed hda1 from lilo.conf and now it only boots to Linux, and
> doesn't ask if I want to boot to anything else. I have no intention
> of using Windows on this thing. fdisk tells me that hda1 is the boot
> partition.
>
> Would mkfs hda1 destroy the laptop's ability to boot? I'd like to
> change the filesystem, get rid of all Windows files, and mount the
> thing as my /home directory. Since it's the boot partition, though, I
> worry that doing so would cause problems for booting.
>
It should work just fine. the lilo probably (hopefully installed ) in
your MBR ( Master Boot Record) on /hda so it should be able to safely
delete hda1 with out any problems as lilo should be sitting on the mbr
ofthe root drive /hda
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