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james kilty wrote: > Hello > > My /home is full. At least I keep getting the message that it is when I > boot up with, now, 0% free. Actually Konqueror says I have 4.7GB free > out of 27.5 (100% used). It also claims the size of /home is 25.9GB. > Contents seem to inflate like a balloon in spite of deleting (and > emptying trash) such as .isos of 3GB. I need to transfer some to an > external usb hard drive. I have done this successfully with previous > editions of Kubuntu on my 64bit computer but not with 8.04. The hard > drive automounts on my laptop, running the 32bit version of Kubuntu and > is named FREECOM. When I plug it into the desktop, I see the icon called > FREECOM HDD and any attempt to open it gives the nessage "mount point > media/FREECOM HDD does not exist". > > How can I correct this and restore my communication with the device? > > Later I hope to perhaps move the contents of the partition to a larger > (empty one - saved for trying other distros), perhaps using partimage, > but can I do this in one step? > > Finally, if I want to back up using rsyc or Unison. Is it best to format > my hard disk as ext3 - it is currently FAT32 or partition it? > I'm still having a similar issue with mine under the [LUG] Auto-mount NAS Drive topic. I'd love to know the answer. Kind regards, Julian -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html