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On 25/10/12 21:02, bad apple wrote:
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. RobYou *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.
Nope, just standard partitions, but I do have a Mint USB stick handy so as you say I can use resize2fs. I really do need to have a clear out, I'm even tempted to invest in an SSD, possibly a 128GB one so I just keep the important stuff on it.
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.
Yep, most of the important stuff is backed up but can never be too careful I guess :-)
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.
Nice... just got 4GB ram here. Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq