Re: i need space in /root partition

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

j j wrote:

>Hi 
>I am running out of HD space on my root partition (7GB). i have a
>/home partition (30GB) and a huge unpartition section to be used as
>needed(100GB).
>I am trying to install Neverwinter Nights. And will need about 3GB of
>space.  I want to install it in /usr/local/nwn but i only have 54MB of
>space left.
>What can I get rid of in /root partition?  Any ideas on how i should proceed?
>thanks
>jj6419
>
>demudi 2.6.12-1-multimedia-386
>  
>
In the future, you might consider partitioning your drive into more
partitions, instead of having everything on root. (Of course, like all
things, there are pros and cons; so I'm just saying "consider".)

If I were you, I'd just use part of the unpartitioned space to create a
new partition for /usr/local, then mount that partition temporarily as
something like /tempspace, mv all of /usr/local to /tempspace (not copy,
'cause you want to free that space), unmount both /tempspace and
/usr/local, then remount /usr/local where on the newly populated partition.

Alternatively, you can just create an "nwn" directory on the
unpartitioned space, then create a symlink to it under /usr/local.

-- 
Kent