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On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 09:32:49 -0700 (PDT), maxim wexler wrote: |
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> That min-install I was talking about failed due to |
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> lack of disk space. I'm trying to install on a 3.2G |
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> drive. Partitions are : |
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> / of 1.47G ext2 |
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> /home 1.1G ext2 |
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> 500M swap |
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> 100M /boot reiserfs |
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> I was going to use this disk to help diagnose/repair |
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> the 120G which is down. I guess I don't really need a |
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> /home dir. Is there someway to free up some space on |
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> /home and make it available to /? |
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Are they adjacent partitions with / first? If so, delete both partitions |
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in cfdisk (which not mounted) and create a single partition in the same |
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place. When you reboot, /home will have disappeared and / will be the |
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same size. then resize / to the full size of the partition using the |
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appropriate tool for whichever filesystem it uses; resize2fs, |
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resize_reiserfs, xfs_growfs etc. You can probably also do the whole job |
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by booting Knoppix and using qtparted. |
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Moving /tmp or /var/tmp to /home may help, but then you'll probably run |
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out of space there while / has plenty. When space is tight, a single |
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partition makes a lot of sense. I wouldn't even bother with /boot in such |
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a case. |
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> I'd hate to have to |
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> wipe the disk and start over; it took about two days |
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> straight to download all the files at 2.8K over the |
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> phone line! |
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What sort of modem are you using, an acoustic coupler? !!! ;-) |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Is it a bigger crime to rob a bank or to open one? |
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