Hi, After spending today testing at work I have suddenly become a fan of LVM that gets around this problem
http://linuxbsdos.com/2008/11/11/lvm-configuration-in-ubuntu-810/ All my futher installs (home & work) are going to be using LVM including some servers we are setting up Maurice > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, 16 September 2009 2:02 p.m. > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Allocating unused drive space to a root partition > > > On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:59:09 +1200, Craig Falconer > <[email protected]> wrote: > > steve wrote, On 16/09/09 09:18: > >> Alternatively ( SIMPLEST SOLUTION! ), mounting the spare > 9GB as /var > >> or /usr and copying the stuff over may give you enough > space... copy, > >> then remove when happy! - you'll need a live CD to do that. > > > > Excellent solution - I agree with Steve. > > Thanks for all your pointers, I think I'll go for the solution below > for now, then get a 1T HD soonish > Sorry for double posting, my hosting provider was having some issues > last night and I assumed my first post got lost in the void. > > Regards, > Kerry > > >
