On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Leena <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all, > > Is there any way I can increase /root partition's size after > installation, using gparted? > or anyway to change directory for default installation files from /root > to /home" > I have Ubuntu 8.04 in a system having Hard disk of size 40GB. > I used manual partition option and following is how I have parted the disk > /root: 3GB or 3000mb > swap: 1.6GB > /home: remaining (say @36GB) > > Now after installation I ran updates. now when I try to install new > program, system giving me following error: "There is no space in /root > and you need to delete some files to save new" > > any help on this please.... > > > Thanks, > Leena > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > Leena, This is not possible with physical partitioning schemes. If you were using Logical Volume Management (LVM) this would have been possible. There could be a slightly hackish workaround by making a bit-by-bit copy of all partitions, re-partitioning so that sizes are changed but device volume numbers are the same (i.e. the partitions have the same naming scheme as before e.g. /dev/sda1 = /, /dev/sda2 = /home) and then restoring the root partition back on to the (now larger) partition. I have tried this on VMWare and it works. However I'm not sure if this is the best approach for a physical machine. Regards, Ritesh
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