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skykooler	2011-10-21 , 15:16
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Originally Posted by chethanbp521

How to Delete The Partitions created to Install NITDroid on the Nokia N900? Please help.

Well, first, do you actually want to delete the partition or just delete nitdroid from it? If the latter is the case, just run:

Code:

root
mount -o noatime,rw /dev/mmcblk0p5
rm -rf /and/.

in xterm. You can then use the nitdroid partition for whatever you want.

Deleting it won't give you any more space unless you resize MyDocs. If you do that, you will lose all data. That said, if you have a backup and want to continue, you can follow these steps (I take no responsibility if you brick your device, make sure you understand what you are doing):

Code:

/home/user/bin/fdisk /dev/mmcblk0

Delete partition 1 (MyDocs) and partition 5 (NITDroid):

Code:

d
1
d
5

Create new primary parition:

Code:

n
p
1

leave the defaults for start and end.
If you are sure you want to continue:

Code:

w
reboot

After the restart:

Code:

root
/home/user/bin/fdisk /dev/mmcblk0
t
1
0c
w
mkfs.vfat -F 32 -n MyDocs  /dev/mmcblk0p1
reboot

Restore from your backup, and everything should be back to normal.

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