> I partitioned my HD also in a new way: smaller /dev/hda1 (/ 256Mb), larger > /dev/hda2 (/usr ab. 5Gb) and a swap /dev/hda3 (100mb). After installing and > apt-getting all the packages, I noticed that I was little short-sighted: > /dev/hda1 might run out of space pretty quickly.
Having that much space you should have split your drive into more partitions. > > I wouldn't want to reinstall everything, so I figured that I create > /usr/local/home and link it to /home. I did a quick test and looks like you can make another partition and mount it to /usr/local/home. > > Is this stupid? If not, can I also do the same thing with /var/spool/mail > without breaking important? Well, it's not stupid, it's one way to go around solving the problem. Another way could be to repartition the drive, but then...if you are installing from a CD, all you need to do is save your config files somewhere and do a complete reinstall, which will not take a long time. Not sure about /var/spool/mail Andrew --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrei S. Ivanov [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN 12402354 http://members.tripod.com/AnSIv <--Little things for Linux.
