On 02/28/2011 11:53 PM, Rajko M. wrote:
On Monday, February 28, 2011 05:10:19 pm Mike wrote: ...
Also, would it be possible to move the unallocated space below /dev/sdb1 into the extended partition so I can use its space as well when resizing /dev/sdb6 ? It would be if you would use logical volume management (LVM) as Anton mentioned. Then you can add any space to any volume, including system volume.
With partition based structure, you can add only space that is after partition, because each partition has boot record on the beginning, so that is point that you can't move.
BTW, when you fight for 1.4 GB, then it is probably better to think about second internal, external, or just another bigger hard disk.
As temporary help, check content of /tmp directory. It can be filled with gigabytes of temp files. Check, size of /var directory too.
BTW, all this discussion is a bit pointless without knowing sizes of partitions. Bigger and smaller are not terms appropriate for technical discussion.
Thank you for the replies. I will look for LVM and see if I can figure it out. I used GParted and found how to move sdb8 and sdb7 below my unallocated space and then increased sdb6 by 1.4 GB / the unallocated space amount. Now if I can use LVM, and figure out how, to move the unallocated (5GB) space above the extended partition to below the extended partition where sdb6 is I can increase it further. I will check the directories you mentioned above. sda and sdb are each 100 GB. This is my laptop I'm working on. Mike -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org