Re: [Debian-NYC] linux question (ubuntu studio pro / double-booting)
Hello Lee,
Your point is valid: partitioning requires you to guess in advance how
much space you are going to use for different purposes, and that guess
could be wrong. I generally use LVM (combined with low starting
guesses for logical volume sizes) to mitigate the partitioning
disadvantage cited while reaping the benefits of partitioning. I'm
not sure though whether the use of LVM should be routinely recommended
to linux newcomers.
-- Carlos
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Lee Azzarello <lee@rockingtiger.com> wrote:
> I disagree that partitioning /home is a rule for desktop computers. I
> did this for my creative machine and the number of libraries and
> supporting files for gnome and the myriad audio and visual
> applications consumed more than 6 gigs on /. For example, the
> dependency chain for f-spot and Ufraw (my photo developing pipeline)
> is around 400 - 500 megs. The only solution was to do a reformat and
> full restore, which sucks when you're trying to work.
>
> I recommend to put everything on one partition and backup
> irreplaceable work to an offline external USB disk every week.
>
> -lee
>
> On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Carlos <carlos@welltower.org> wrote:
>> Hello Moira,
>>
>> I encourage you to attend our next Novice Night for assistance with
>> the various problems you reported. In the meanwhile, here are a few
>> suggestions that may enable you to address your "free space" issue
>> yourself:
>> - 6.4 GB is a normal amount of root filesystem disk usage for Ubuntu
>> - It's a good idea to have a separate /home filesystem for user data.
>> This is typically where you would store media produced in Ubuntu
>> Studio. This filesystem may consequently grow large (eg tens to
>> hundreds of gigs)
>> - You probably want to reduce the amount of space taken by your
>> Windows partition by resizing it using the tool "GParted". You could
>> then increase the amount of space allocated to your linux
>> partitions/filesystems by resizing them using the space you freed by
>> resizing the Windows partition.
>> - Reading the following article may be enough for you to figure out
>> how to resize partitions and/or create a separate /home partition, if
>> desired: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/separatehome
>> - Following the instructions in the article above, or doing anything
>> else with partitions/filesystems, without understanding what you're
>> doing, will probably result in DATA LOSS.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Carlos
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 8:56 PM, ev petrol <epetrol@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> hello
>>> just got your info from vincent at the gowanus fixit collective ...
>>> wondering if it'd be possible to bring my laptop to your next meeting for a
>>> diagnosis?
>>> i'm double-booting windows & linux, with most of the memory going to the
>>> windows side;
>>> however i've updated the linux side to ubuntu studio & i suspect i need to
>>> allot more space to it - either that or clean it up - the filesystem seems
>>> pretty jammed:
>>> 287,615 items totalling 6.4 gb (some contents unreadable)
>>>
>>> free space 215.1 mb
>>>
>>> & i'm having problems connecting to the web, openoffice is pretty creaky
>>> sometimes &c &c
>>>
>>> would be great to show it to someone in the know ...
>>>
>>> cheers moira tierney
>>>
>>> www.moiratierney.net
>>> www.soluscollective.org
>>>
>>>
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