Isn't the Debian I installed wonderful! I ended up putting in an additional drive and repartitioning to solve this.
On Tue, Dec 26, 2017, 8:34 AM john doe <johndoe65...@mail.com> wrote: > On 12/26/2017 5:04 AM, Doug wrote: > > > > On 12/25/2017 08:44 PM, Sarah Johnson wrote: > >> Hi, > >> I ran out of root partition disk space and can't install or remove any > >> more packages or even login gui window manager anymore > >> > >> i spent few good hours researching for solutions and found that i can > >> resize root and home partitions using resize2fs and lvresize tools but > >> they are not even installed on my system > >> > >> so is it safe to resize debian root and other partitions using windows > >> machine partitioning tool ? > >> knowing that my debian installation is on a USB stick > >> > >> Thanks > >> -- > >> Sarah Johnson > > Why not download GParted--the version that runs off a CD, and burn > > it--and use that? At least it's Linux, and has a lot of capability, like > > changing partition sizes, making new ones, moving existing ones, etc. > > > > Rescue mode seems a good choise to start with. > I wouldn't use windows for that unless you have some spare time! :) > Maybe backing up your home partition might be a good idea. > > -- > John Doe > >
