It is not correct to say that root login is not possible in Ubuntu. It can be enabled easily by some simple steps. watch my blog at http://www.newopenera.blogspot.com Ashraf Ali P K
2009/7/30 Mallikarjun <[email protected]> > > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Onkar Shinde <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 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) >> > > I have a solution if problem is not yet solved, > Use dd command to move root partition into a larger partition, or > use dd to move temporarily and then move it back after increasing > >> >> > >> > 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.... >> >> 1. It looks like the packages which were downloaded as updates filled >> up the / partition. >> First thing you can try is cleanup these packages with command 'sudo >> apt-get clean'. >> 2. You can not change package installation path from / to /home. >> 3. It is not possible to resize the partition when you have booted in >> same OS. It is possible to resize partition with a Live CD. Either use >> Ubuntu live CD or gparted live CD. You will have to boot from live CD, >> decrease the size of /home partition on your hard disk and then >> increase of / partition. At no point of time you should format the >> partition or change the partitioning structure. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> >> Onkar >> >> -- >> ubuntu-in mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in >> > > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > > -- Ashraf Ali P K Thonichal House Madanvila Perumathura P O Trivandrum 695303
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