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   Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 10:20:39 +0100   
   From: "Dirk T. Verbeek"    
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   Subject: Re: Partitions help   
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   mick schreef:   
   > 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...   
   >    
   This indeed a very nice way.   
   Make some space available on an other drive or partition and mount it as    
   /home.   
   Linux will see it, together with your original /home, as a single file    
   system.   
   Again, gparted is a good tool.   
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