> Hardcore-Solution: > Move /var /usr /home > to separate partitions on an external harddrive. They eat usually most of the > space. You just have to add them properly in the /etc/fstab , which is easy, > and on average a 4 to 8 GB USB stick is sufficient to hold those partitions - > or, as many suggested, use a USB Harddrive. > when you want tohave it the funny way, you can also just use a FAT32 harddrive > or an EXT3 harrdrive and mount that, and on it create files, format those > files with a suitable filesystem and then mount them. > 4GB for /var should be quite sufficient, which is the largest filesize for a > FAT32 harddrive. ...
I do something like that but for more flexibility I make a big partition on the external, set it up in fstab (and mount -a to mount and test), and then make symlinks- for d in var usr home; do rsync -aHx /$d /big/. && mv /$d /$d.old && ln -s /big/$d /.; done Once you confirm everything is still working fine and you didn't break reboot etc you can rm -Rf /*.old This way you get flexibility for /home or /usr or /var to grow without the complexity of LVM (which can be a headache if you have to do any recovery) Also for better read performance use opt noatime when mounting Best Regards. Tony -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
