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Re: [LUG] Time to upgrade

 

On 25/10/12 20:47, Rob Beard wrote:
> On 25/10/12 20:33, Migel Wimtore wrote:
>> Yes, assuming he does (have a separate home parrtition). And if not:
>> next time. Just my 2 pence, but would recommend at least 15gb for root.
>> If I could go back and make mine even bigger than 15 I would (can't be
>> fracked to resize it now). It grows!
>>
>
> Actually yeah I only have 1.7GB free on root.  Maybe next time I
> upgrade I'll bung an extra couple of GB at the root partition.
>
> Rob
>
>

You *did* install using LVM2, right? Even if you didn't, resize2fs to
the rescue. It's pretty trivial to change partition/volumes sizes and
indeed most other disk parameters after the install.

Obviously you need to backup your data first though, just in case. I've
actually never lost data in all the hundreds of times I've resized and
modified disk layouts but I imagine the first time you're too confident
and don't bother backing up, that's when it's suddenly going to fail
mid-operation.

Personally I never define a separate /home partition and just leave it
under / so my OS disk layout is just /boot and / - this workstation has
16Gb RAM so I don't even have a swap partition.

Regards

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