Enlarging root partition..

[OleWilly]

Hi

Is there a way to enlarge the root partition without having to remove programs or making a new customized install ?

OW

[Bald Brick]

Hi

Is there a way to enlarge the root partition without having to remove programs or making a new customized install ?

OW

If you have some unallocated space after the root partition, you can probably enlarge it with almost any partition manager. The operation will be fast and is relatively safe.

If you have some unallocated space before the root partition, try enlarging it with GParted. The operation may take quite a long time and is slightly more risky.

If you don't have enough free space before or after, you have to shrink an adjacent partition first. If the adjacent partition is a logical partition, you may have to resize the extended partition holding it too. (For instance with DiskDrake this is not necessary.)

When you change the size of a partition, don't forget to back up any important data on it first. A partition manager like GParted is not likely to trash it, but you never know.

[OleWilly]

Hi Bald Brick

Thank You very much. - I will try.  - I have 20 Gb free in my home but only 26 Mb free in root and 13 updates are waiting in repository but got the message that no more room in root 99.8 % of 12  Gb used.

OW

[pags]

Hi Bald Brick

Thank You very much. - I will try.  - I have 20 Gb free in my home but only 26 Mb free in root and 13 updates are waiting in repository but got the message that no more room in root 99.8 % of 12  Gb used.

OW

Have you checked to see if you can reclaim any space?  Bleachbit as root might help...check root's folder (/root/) for any large, unneeded files (old remasters, etc.).
If this is an older install, kept up to date, check the root directory (/) for a file called dead.letter.  It can (may have) grow(n) out of control...

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[jpaglia@grendel ~]$ ls / -lh
total 160M
...
-rw-------   1 root root 160M Mar 22 04:04 dead.letter
...
[jpaglia@grendel ~]$