Jet2k5 Posted September 12, 2004 Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 Hello, Ok here's the story. Lately I have been triying to install some new things like gnome 2.6 and KDE 3.3 but I DO NOT have enough space. As far as I know right now my /usr partition is combined into ONE partition with / . So /usr is with / in 1 big 'ol partition. I have a 40 GB hard drive. But as we all know some times it's not really that size mine is probably around 36 GB big. Right now this is what I know, my /home is 30GB. My / is 5.83 GB and my Swap is 494MB. So I want to make more space for my /. So far about the easiest Idea I have seen is to resize my /home to 20GB, and then mnt /usr on that free space. The only thing is that I'm not familiar with a lot of this partition stuff. So if you can help me out please do so, write how I will do so and what steps I should take. Thanks, -Luis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feralertx Posted September 12, 2004 Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 Why dont you do the easiest? Resize /home to 20 GB and then resize / to take up all that extra space. I think you need to umount the partitions before you can make any changes in them, so id recommend you to use a LiveCD with QTParted (=Partition Magic alike) included, i.e. knoppix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet2k5 Posted September 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 Why dont you do the easiest? Resize /home to 20 GB and then resize / to take up all that extra space. I think you need to umount the partitions before you can make any changes in them, so id recommend you to use a LiveCD with QTParted (=Partition Magic alike) included, i.e. knoppix. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks, that is what I had planned at first but some one told me that it's not possible. I have Knoppix right now. I just have to know how to use it or mount the partitions on it. If you can maybe explain it a little better than I'll be able to get this over and done with. Thanks a lot. -Luis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted September 12, 2004 Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 (edited) resizing partitions is the most risky thing you can do to them. Backup! me? Aside from using partition magic 8 to do it, I would drop to init 1 Copy /usr to the new location cp -fR /usr /home NOTE: cp will take a loOOOoooong time Move /usr mv -f /usr /usrOLD Link the new /usr in /home to the proper location ln -s /home/usr /usr reboot to make sure all is well Remove the OLD /usrOLD rm -fR /usrOLD use at your own risk :D Edited September 12, 2004 by bvc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet2k5 Posted September 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 resizing partitions is the most risky thing you can do to them. Backup! me? Aside from using partition magic 8 to do it, I would drop to init 1 Copy /usr to the new location cp -fR /usr /home NOTE: cp will take a loOOOoooong time Move /usr mv -f /usr /usrOLD Link the new /usr in /home to the proper location ln -s /home/usr /usr reboot to make sure all is well Remove the OLD /usrOLD rm -fR /usrOLD use at your own risk :D <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Those are some grean instructions there bvc but I'm still lost I was thinking about doing it from a Live CD. Can you explain how to do it from there? -Luis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted September 12, 2004 Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 (edited) Used to be able to just do init 1 from a terminal in X. I believe now you have to kill X to do it. Are you using a dm (gui login manager?) or do you startx from init 3? From init 3 the command, as root, init 1 will get you there. What you are doing here is using a symlink (ln -s) to make /usr think it is in / so that it is found but the symlink redirects the data to /home/usr ;) no need to partition Some do not like symlinks (shortcuts) but I've never had a problem with them and have done many variations of what I instructed above without data loss. All my data, media, themes, icons/cursors, wallpapers, docs etc....are are one partition and have been shared by 4-8 distros at one time using symlinks. Edited September 12, 2004 by bvc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet2k5 Posted September 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 :unsure: really really lost now :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet2k5 Posted September 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 Ok this is what's wrong I tried what you said bvc and now I can't log into X or what ever Using authority file /home/zero/.Xauthority Writing authority file /home/zero/.Xauthority Using uthority file /home/zero/.Xauthority Writing authority file /home/zero/.Xauthority Fatal server error: Cannot move old logfile " /var/log/XFree86.0.log.old" When reportitng a problem related to a server crash, please send the full report problems to XFree86@xfree86.org giving up. xinit:Connection refused ( errno 111 ): Unable to connect to X server. xinit: No such process ( errno 3 ): Server error Looks bad I'm on a live cd right now :( -Luis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted September 12, 2004 Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 I don't know....what does ls /usr/X11R6/bin say? [root@localhost root]# ls /usr/X11R6/bin appres* gvuncompress* pswrap* x11perf* xgamma* xrandr* atobm* iceauth* rclock* x11perfcomp* xgc* xrdb* bdftopcf* ico* revpath* xauth* xhost* xrefresh* bdftruncate* inb@ rman* xbiff* xinit* xscreensaver* beforelight* inl@ rstart* xcalc* xkbbell* xscreensaver-command* bitmap* inw@ rstartd* xclipboard* xkbcomp* xscreensaver-demo* bmtoa* ioport* RunWM* xclock* xkbevd* xscreensaver-getimage* ccmakedep* lbxproxy* RunWM.AfterStep@ xcmsdb* xkbprint* xscreensaver-getimage-file* cleanlinks* listres* RunWM.Fvwm95@ xconsole* xkbvleds* xscreensaver-getimage-video* dga* lndir* RunWM.MWM@ xcursor-config* xkbwatch* xset* dpsexec* makeg* RunWM.WindowMaker@ xcursorgen* xkill* xsetmode* dpsinfo* makepsres* rxvt@ xcutsel* xload* xsetpointer* DrakConf* makestrs* rxvt.bin* xditview* xlogo* xsetroot* editres* mergelib* rxvt.cjk* xdm* xlsatoms* xsm* enable_X11_numlock* mkcfm* rxvt.sh* xdpyinfo* xlsclients* xstdcmap* fslsfonts* mkdirhier* scanpci* Xdrakres@ xlsfonts* xtest* fstobdf* mkfontdir* sessreg* xedit* xmag* Xvfb* gchooser* mkfontscale* setxkbmap* xev* xman* xvidtune* getconfig* mkhtmlindex* showfont* xeyes* Xmark* xvinfo* getconfig.pl* mkxauth* showrgb* xf86cfg@ xmessage* xvt@ gfilechooser* mmapr* smproxy* xf86config@ xmh* xwd* ghostview@ mmapw* startx* xfd* xmodmap* xwininfo* glxgears* oclock* texteroids* xfindproxy* xon* Xwrapper* glxinfo* outb@ twm* xfontsel* Xorg* xwud* gmessage* outl@ ucs2any* XFree86@ xorgcfg* gtf* outw@ viewres* xfs* xorgconfig* gv* pcitweak* vimx@ xfsinfo* xprop* gvim* proxymngr* X@ xfwp* Xprt* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted September 12, 2004 Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 you didn't delete the /usrOLD did you?!?!?!? :unsure: you can always go back if you didn't. I might been down a while. Gotta take the box apart, clean it up, remove the linux hd, and reinstall several win installs though I only need one install for tonight for CMR04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet2k5 Posted September 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 (edited) this is what I got from knoppix tho but I think this sis not what you are looking for, root@ttyp0[knoppix]# ls /usr/X11R6/bin X dga mgpembed twm xfs xrandr XF86_3DLabs dpsexec mgpnet ucs2any xfsinfo xrdb XF86_8514 dpsinfo mkcfm uxterm xgamma xrefresh XF86_AGX editres mkdirhier viewres xgc xset XF86_I128 fslsfonts mkfontdir wmaker xhost xsetmode XF86_Mach32 fstobdf mkfontscale x11perf xinit xsetpointer XF86_Mach64 gccmakedep mkhtmlindex x11perfcomp xisdnload xsetroot XF86_Mach8 glxgears mmapr xauth xkbbell xsm XF86_P9000 glxinfo mmapw xbiff xkbcomp xstdcmap XF86_S3 gtf oclock xcalc xkbevd xtel XF86_S3V gv pcitweak xclipboard xkbprint xterm XF86_SVGA gxditview pswrap xclock xkbvleds xtrapchar XF86_VGA16 iceauth rdesktop xcmsdb xkbwatch xtrapin XF86_W32 ico reconfig xconsole xkill xtrapinfo XFree86 imake resize xcursorgen xlabed xtrapout Xmark imaze revpath xcutsel xload xtrapproto Xnest ioport rstart xditview xlogo xtrapreset appres joycal rstartd xdm xlsatoms xtrapstats atobm listres rstartd.real xdpyinfo xlsclients xtv bdftopcf lndir scanpci xedit xlsfonts xvidtune bdftruncate luit sessreg xev xmag xvinfo beforelight makedepend setxkbmap xeyes xman xwd bitmap makeg showfont xf86cfg xmessage xwininfo bmtoa makepsres showrgb xf86config xmkmf xwintoppm ccmakedep makestrs smproxy xf86config-v3 xmodmap xwud chooser mergelib startx xfd xmonisdn xzoom cleanlinks mgp sxpm xfindproxy xon cxpm mgp2ps texteroids xfontsel xprop umm how would I mount a partition ? so that I can se what really is in my system? and no I have not deleted the /usrOLD -Luis Edited September 12, 2004 by Jet2k5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted September 12, 2004 Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 (edited) knoppix should already have mounted all the partitions, though it mounts them as read only. Look in /mnt? I don't recall exactly how knoppix does it, though many others here could tell ya. I know some livecd's make a /mnt/part1 /mnt/part2 etc..... when you find it, for example, do ls /mnt/part2//usr/X11R6/bin To get the original back just delete the /usr symlink and rename /usrOLD to /usr Edited September 12, 2004 by bvc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet2k5 Posted September 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 Doesn't matter I'm back on windows, thanks for the help. -Luis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted September 12, 2004 Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 :unsure: :sad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet2k5 Posted September 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2004 lol don't worry I got Windows installed along with Partition Magic, so from here I'm going to do some custom partitioning just asking me for some partitions that I don't know about like, /var /usr I thought those would be included in /. -Luis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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