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Hi Sean, |
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On 8/8/05, Sean Reiser <sean@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Fernando Meira wrote: |
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> > I have: |
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> > # df -h |
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> > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on |
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> > /dev/hda4 4.6G 3.8G 803M 83% / |
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> > udev 252M 808K 252M 1% /dev |
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> > /dev/hda5 23G 20G 3.3G 86% /mnt/share |
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> > /dev/hda1 9.8G 8.0G 1.8G 82% /mnt/windows |
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> > none 252M 0 252M 0% /dev/shm |
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> > Options: |
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> > - erase hda1 (win$) and merge with with hda4. |
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> > - somehow rearrange hda5 (which is FAT) and split it 2, and merge a |
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> > part to hda4. |
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> The question is...can you live without the windows partition? |
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Well, maybe. The problem is that sometimes I need to use something that |
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works only under windows (or better under windows). Besides that I only use |
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windows for video-conference (I haven't found the time to look for a linux |
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replacement, assuming that my webcam works under linux). |
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if you don't need it I would look at this: |
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> 1) Merge hda1 and hda4. Assuming this is desktop box that should be |
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> plenty of space for the system and applications |
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Yes, that would be the best I could do. But, assuming that I can't remove |
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entirely windows from my laptop, what about reduce it to it's minimum |
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(windows + apps that I really need) and run it by VMware, always under |
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Gentoo? The spare space from unused apps would merge it with gentoo's |
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partition.. I estimate it of about 4Gb. What do you say about this? |
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2) Create a /boot partition (assuming you don't currently have one on |
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> your box that wasn't mounted when you did the df). This way if your |
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> system crashes at least /boot will not be corrupted. |
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My /boot is inside gentoo's partition. I understand the point of having it |
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outside.. I should think of changing it!! Good point! |
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3) Convert hda5 to ext3|reiserfs|jfs|mature non-fat fs of choice. Mount |
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> it as /home. |
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The reason it is FAT32 is to windows be able to access it. With windows |
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away, I could do that. |
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>From this partition (hda5) I may be able to free some space and "move" it to |
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gentoo's partition. |
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4) Consider creating a swap partition. Even if you have plenty of RAM, |
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> in my experience Linux just runs better with a swap partition mounted. |
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I have. 512mb swap. df shows it slitted into 2 other: udev and none.... |
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I would strongly suggest that you do a full backup before doing any of |
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> this. I know there are partition resizing and reformatting utilities |
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> but they I wouldn't trust them without a backup. |
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Yes, of course! |
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Thanks for suggestions. |
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Fernando. |
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