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   From: mick    
   Subject: Re: Partitions help   
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   Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 23:18:11 GMT   
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   On Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:37:05 +0000, Neil Hindry wrote:   
      
   > I wonder if you can help me.  I am relatively new to Linux and have    
   > installed Ubuntu 6.06 and Windows and have Grub as a boot manager.   
   >    
   > When I set it up I decided to put /home on a separate partition.   
   > However, I now have the problem that I am very short of space on the /home    
   > partition (I have used 99%).   
   >    
   > So, obviously I want to re-size the /home partition to make it bigger.   
   >    
   > However, before I attempt it I have some questions which I hope you can help    
   > me with.   
   >    
   > What is the best program to use to re-size (increase the space) of my /home    
   > partition?   
   >    
   > When I do re-size the partition to make it bigger, will I loose the files    
   > already on the partition?   
   >    
   > Finally, if I un-mount the partition can I re-size it from within Ubuntu or    
   > must I do it from a Live CD?   
   >    
   > I hope you can help me.   
   >    
   > I appreciate any help or information given.   
   >    
      
   When I had this problem I just cleaned out some other partitions that I   
   didn't need, moved some stuff from my home directory onto them and put   
   links in my home to the appropriate directories on them. Now I have, for   
   example, all my music on a separate partition but I can still access it as   
   /home/me/music. That meant that I didn't need to do any partition   
   resizing or anything. YMMV of course...   
      
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