On Tuesday 29 July 2003 16:39, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Tuesday 29 Jul 2003 3:09 pm, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > > On Tuesday 29 July 2003 14:13, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > What is the easiest and safest way of making more space here? > > > > > > Anne > > > > If you've got enough spare space on your HD: make a nice big (5gb > > or more) new partition, format it ext3 and call it /usr (yeah > > that's the big one).....diskdrake will ask you if you want to move > > your existing files there. > > Do OK, give it some time and close diskdrake. It'll prompt for the > > changes to /etc/fstab. > > > > Take a note anyway what the partitons are called now anyway.....I > > have had to change /etc/fstab manually after that anyway (had to > > comment out the old entries...but then you don't have that:o)). > > It's not 100% proof so check it to be sure. > > Hi, Harm. I have to go out in a few minutes, so I'll not risk rushing > it. I'll try that this evening. > > Thanks > > Anne
Use extreme caution when messing with partitions!! Always double check ....and using diskdrake; Don't go back on your steps too often, diskdrake gets messy.....bail out with "cancel" if you're not sure. I'm outta here to the Ardennes for a few weeks;o) -- Good luck, HarM
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