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This is my current configuration



Device     Boot     Start       End   Sectors   Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 2048 743215128 743213081 354.4G 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 743217150 976771071 233553922 111.4G 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 964487168 976771071 12283904 5.9G 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 * 743217152 744265727 1048576 512M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)
/dev/sda7 744267776 860537355 116269580 55.5G 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 860538880 964478975 103940096 49.6G 83 Linux


And here the explanation, yesterday I have changed my computer. All hardware is new, except the hard disk, where I have a working Ubuntu 18.04 (/dev/sda1)



When I tried to boot the computer, it gave some errors so I tried to fix it by booting with USB device



/dev/sda7 refers to the first try, I installed a new Ubuntu alongside the old one, using free space in HD... Grub was not loading, so I made a second try, installing again a new Ubuntu alongside the others, using more free space. /dev/sda8 refers to that second try



Later, I found a solution & I have been able to boot the old Ubuntu... so now I want to safely delete that 2 new installed Ubuntus



After reading this Proper way to remove other operating systems after installing ubuntu? I am not sure if just deleting that 2 partitions would be a good idea, as they are the most recent OS in the computer



Any tips?










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  • Deleting them safe. After deletion run update-grub from sda1 Ubuntu to remove deleted installations from boot menu. In case you have some booting problems make live cd/usb before deletion, you may use it if something fail, to repair.

    – LeonidMew
    Feb 13 at 19:41








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    I suspect update-grub won't be enough; yes it'll update the grub menus to reflect the removed partitions, but if the soon-to-be-killed OSes owned the boot sector I suspect you'll need to ensure MBR points correct and I'd suggest also running grub-install (help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Installing in the re-installing from a working system section). @LeonidMew's advice was good, but adding grub-install won't create any problems and may be necessary in my opinion (if your kept OS wasn't the last installed)

    – guiverc
    Feb 13 at 21:45






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    Thanks... You should post this as answer, I will accept it

    – Raul Sanchez
    Feb 14 at 6:29
















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This is my current configuration



Device     Boot     Start       End   Sectors   Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 2048 743215128 743213081 354.4G 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 743217150 976771071 233553922 111.4G 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 964487168 976771071 12283904 5.9G 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 * 743217152 744265727 1048576 512M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)
/dev/sda7 744267776 860537355 116269580 55.5G 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 860538880 964478975 103940096 49.6G 83 Linux


And here the explanation, yesterday I have changed my computer. All hardware is new, except the hard disk, where I have a working Ubuntu 18.04 (/dev/sda1)



When I tried to boot the computer, it gave some errors so I tried to fix it by booting with USB device



/dev/sda7 refers to the first try, I installed a new Ubuntu alongside the old one, using free space in HD... Grub was not loading, so I made a second try, installing again a new Ubuntu alongside the others, using more free space. /dev/sda8 refers to that second try



Later, I found a solution & I have been able to boot the old Ubuntu... so now I want to safely delete that 2 new installed Ubuntus



After reading this Proper way to remove other operating systems after installing ubuntu? I am not sure if just deleting that 2 partitions would be a good idea, as they are the most recent OS in the computer



Any tips?










share|improve this question























  • Deleting them safe. After deletion run update-grub from sda1 Ubuntu to remove deleted installations from boot menu. In case you have some booting problems make live cd/usb before deletion, you may use it if something fail, to repair.

    – LeonidMew
    Feb 13 at 19:41








  • 3





    I suspect update-grub won't be enough; yes it'll update the grub menus to reflect the removed partitions, but if the soon-to-be-killed OSes owned the boot sector I suspect you'll need to ensure MBR points correct and I'd suggest also running grub-install (help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Installing in the re-installing from a working system section). @LeonidMew's advice was good, but adding grub-install won't create any problems and may be necessary in my opinion (if your kept OS wasn't the last installed)

    – guiverc
    Feb 13 at 21:45






  • 1





    Thanks... You should post this as answer, I will accept it

    – Raul Sanchez
    Feb 14 at 6:29














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This is my current configuration



Device     Boot     Start       End   Sectors   Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 2048 743215128 743213081 354.4G 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 743217150 976771071 233553922 111.4G 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 964487168 976771071 12283904 5.9G 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 * 743217152 744265727 1048576 512M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)
/dev/sda7 744267776 860537355 116269580 55.5G 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 860538880 964478975 103940096 49.6G 83 Linux


And here the explanation, yesterday I have changed my computer. All hardware is new, except the hard disk, where I have a working Ubuntu 18.04 (/dev/sda1)



When I tried to boot the computer, it gave some errors so I tried to fix it by booting with USB device



/dev/sda7 refers to the first try, I installed a new Ubuntu alongside the old one, using free space in HD... Grub was not loading, so I made a second try, installing again a new Ubuntu alongside the others, using more free space. /dev/sda8 refers to that second try



Later, I found a solution & I have been able to boot the old Ubuntu... so now I want to safely delete that 2 new installed Ubuntus



After reading this Proper way to remove other operating systems after installing ubuntu? I am not sure if just deleting that 2 partitions would be a good idea, as they are the most recent OS in the computer



Any tips?










share|improve this question














This is my current configuration



Device     Boot     Start       End   Sectors   Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 2048 743215128 743213081 354.4G 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 743217150 976771071 233553922 111.4G 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 964487168 976771071 12283904 5.9G 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 * 743217152 744265727 1048576 512M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)
/dev/sda7 744267776 860537355 116269580 55.5G 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 860538880 964478975 103940096 49.6G 83 Linux


And here the explanation, yesterday I have changed my computer. All hardware is new, except the hard disk, where I have a working Ubuntu 18.04 (/dev/sda1)



When I tried to boot the computer, it gave some errors so I tried to fix it by booting with USB device



/dev/sda7 refers to the first try, I installed a new Ubuntu alongside the old one, using free space in HD... Grub was not loading, so I made a second try, installing again a new Ubuntu alongside the others, using more free space. /dev/sda8 refers to that second try



Later, I found a solution & I have been able to boot the old Ubuntu... so now I want to safely delete that 2 new installed Ubuntus



After reading this Proper way to remove other operating systems after installing ubuntu? I am not sure if just deleting that 2 partitions would be a good idea, as they are the most recent OS in the computer



Any tips?







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  • Deleting them safe. After deletion run update-grub from sda1 Ubuntu to remove deleted installations from boot menu. In case you have some booting problems make live cd/usb before deletion, you may use it if something fail, to repair.

    – LeonidMew
    Feb 13 at 19:41








  • 3





    I suspect update-grub won't be enough; yes it'll update the grub menus to reflect the removed partitions, but if the soon-to-be-killed OSes owned the boot sector I suspect you'll need to ensure MBR points correct and I'd suggest also running grub-install (help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Installing in the re-installing from a working system section). @LeonidMew's advice was good, but adding grub-install won't create any problems and may be necessary in my opinion (if your kept OS wasn't the last installed)

    – guiverc
    Feb 13 at 21:45






  • 1





    Thanks... You should post this as answer, I will accept it

    – Raul Sanchez
    Feb 14 at 6:29



















  • Deleting them safe. After deletion run update-grub from sda1 Ubuntu to remove deleted installations from boot menu. In case you have some booting problems make live cd/usb before deletion, you may use it if something fail, to repair.

    – LeonidMew
    Feb 13 at 19:41








  • 3





    I suspect update-grub won't be enough; yes it'll update the grub menus to reflect the removed partitions, but if the soon-to-be-killed OSes owned the boot sector I suspect you'll need to ensure MBR points correct and I'd suggest also running grub-install (help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Installing in the re-installing from a working system section). @LeonidMew's advice was good, but adding grub-install won't create any problems and may be necessary in my opinion (if your kept OS wasn't the last installed)

    – guiverc
    Feb 13 at 21:45






  • 1





    Thanks... You should post this as answer, I will accept it

    – Raul Sanchez
    Feb 14 at 6:29

















Deleting them safe. After deletion run update-grub from sda1 Ubuntu to remove deleted installations from boot menu. In case you have some booting problems make live cd/usb before deletion, you may use it if something fail, to repair.

– LeonidMew
Feb 13 at 19:41







Deleting them safe. After deletion run update-grub from sda1 Ubuntu to remove deleted installations from boot menu. In case you have some booting problems make live cd/usb before deletion, you may use it if something fail, to repair.

– LeonidMew
Feb 13 at 19:41






3




3





I suspect update-grub won't be enough; yes it'll update the grub menus to reflect the removed partitions, but if the soon-to-be-killed OSes owned the boot sector I suspect you'll need to ensure MBR points correct and I'd suggest also running grub-install (help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Installing in the re-installing from a working system section). @LeonidMew's advice was good, but adding grub-install won't create any problems and may be necessary in my opinion (if your kept OS wasn't the last installed)

– guiverc
Feb 13 at 21:45





I suspect update-grub won't be enough; yes it'll update the grub menus to reflect the removed partitions, but if the soon-to-be-killed OSes owned the boot sector I suspect you'll need to ensure MBR points correct and I'd suggest also running grub-install (help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Installing in the re-installing from a working system section). @LeonidMew's advice was good, but adding grub-install won't create any problems and may be necessary in my opinion (if your kept OS wasn't the last installed)

– guiverc
Feb 13 at 21:45




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1





Thanks... You should post this as answer, I will accept it

– Raul Sanchez
Feb 14 at 6:29





Thanks... You should post this as answer, I will accept it

– Raul Sanchez
Feb 14 at 6:29










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Following the comments finally I just deleted /dev/sda7 & /dev/sda8 partitions (in my case, with https://gparted.org/) and then



sudo update-grub
sudo grub-install /dev/sda





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    Following the comments finally I just deleted /dev/sda7 & /dev/sda8 partitions (in my case, with https://gparted.org/) and then



    sudo update-grub
    sudo grub-install /dev/sda





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      Following the comments finally I just deleted /dev/sda7 & /dev/sda8 partitions (in my case, with https://gparted.org/) and then



      sudo update-grub
      sudo grub-install /dev/sda





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        Following the comments finally I just deleted /dev/sda7 & /dev/sda8 partitions (in my case, with https://gparted.org/) and then



        sudo update-grub
        sudo grub-install /dev/sda





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        Following the comments finally I just deleted /dev/sda7 & /dev/sda8 partitions (in my case, with https://gparted.org/) and then



        sudo update-grub
        sudo grub-install /dev/sda






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