Re: reusing disk

[Kevin Raber <ktr mtu edu>]

chuck lawrence wrote:
> next question...
>
> I'm (re)using an old linux boot disk, now in an external usb enclosure. 
>  it has a small /boot volume (/dev/sdb1) and a larger / volume 
> (/dev/sdb3).  I gather /dev/sdb2, if it were there, was previously swap.
>
> can I delete all this and return it to a single disk?  all the tools 
> I've tried so far (fdisk, parted) assume these are distinct disks, and 
> offer to create/delete partitions within them.
>
> adv(thanks)ance

Hi - we use Ranish 2.40 to reformat the boot sector, which gives you a 
"new" drive -

http://www.ranish.com/part/

read the instructions, and it's safest to run Ranish when there is only 
one drive in the machine (unplug the others, I hate it when I destroy my 
OS drive...),

ktr