Re: [vox-tech] Re-assigning Partitions

[Gudmundur Bjarnason <slries@dcMAPSn.davis.ca.us>]

On Thu, 02 Nov 2000, Patrick wrote:
> Well, here's the issue.  When I first installed Linux on my system,
> I partitioned my 6.4 GB hard drive to contain:  /boot, /, and my swap
> file.  I then partitioned my 25GB hard drive to contain /usr (why I
> don't know just bear with me :) ).  My question is, as I install
> programs (VMware, Star Office, various utilities) am I going to wihs
> that I paritioned the 25GB elsewhere?  If so, how do I fix this short of
> things.

I don't really understand your problem, (seems to me your partitions are just
fine and that you have plenty of space, correct me if I'm wrong!) so I might
not be able to help you with your specific problem, but what I do know is that
there is a nifty program called parted which you can obtain from
"ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/parted", and "ftp.metalab.unc.edu/somwhere I can't
remember/parted". I used that to resize my one ext2 system the other day. It
also has a bootdisk which gives you the ability to resize your bootdrive since
the drive has to be unmounted, (a handy one for me since I only have one disk).
Anyway, i hope this is helpful and good luck. Just remember to backup your
important stuff beforehand.

On other notes, what is VMware? 

Gummi.

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