I have Windows XP on hda1 and Ubuntu on hda2 and then Ubuntu on hdb1.

I installed it origionally on hda2 as a test run, and quite like it, so now I've got a bigger hardrive and have installed Ubuntu on it, and set it up the way I like it, so I don't need the origional anymore. I was gonna just format the partition, but I doubt thats the correct way, and probably would mess up GRUB. So basically I would like to know how I can remove Ubuntu from hda2 properly.

Also, as a smaller related qestion, when I first installed Ubuntu, it had one entry in the GRUB loader (with memtest also), but since automatic updates where installed it added another. Why is this?

Just check the grub config in the new version, make sure
to run grub-install when it suits your needs; then, depending
on which OS you want to make use of the old Ubuntu installs
partition, either leave it as it is (e.g. for the new ubuntus download
space), or fire up fdisk and change it to a partition type that
winDOHs can handle...


Because it preserves the old kernels. You can (once the
functionality of the new one is established) remove those
from grub's config.



Cheers,
Tink

I don't quite understand. Could you or someone else please explain?

Basically I want to remove my old Ubuntu and keep my Windows XP and other Ubuntu intact.

if you installed from the live cd, and the last thing you installed was ubuntu (the new one onto the other HD)and you are using GRUB from the ubuntu-new then your GRUB should be fine, so now you need to remove the partition in which the original ubuntu (ubuntu-old) is living. if ubuntu-old was installed into an extended partition then make sure you belete the block that is inside the extended partition containing ubuntu-old NOT the WHOLE thing and that is all you need to do. just make sure you remove ONLY the block where ubuntu-old is. then removing the GRUB entry from ubuntu-new by

[code]
sudo gedit menu.lst

and just either comment out the entry or delete it. ALWAY MAKE A BACK UP BEFORE YOU CHANGE ANYTHING!!!!!

if you installed from the live cd, and the last thing you installed was ubuntu (the new one onto the other HD)and you are using GRUB from the ubuntu-new then your GRUB should be fine, so now you need to remove the partition in which the original ubuntu (ubuntu-old) is living. if ubuntu-old was installed into an extended partition then make sure you belete the block that is inside the extended partition containing ubuntu-old NOT the WHOLE thing and that is all you need to do. just make sure you remove ONLY the block where ubuntu-old is. then removing the GRUB entry from ubuntu-new by

[code]
sudo gedit menu.lst

and just either comment out the entry or delete it. ALWAY MAKE A BACK UP BEFORE YOU CHANGE ANYTHING!!!!!

You still only have one ubuntu. But you can choose to use varied
kernels with different options for running it.


Cheers,
Tink