I'd like to know if it's possible and if so, HOW, to rearrange my current partitions. Most of the data on /usr/local I am not worried about, as I have it on cd's (most of it's mp3's). My personal home directory I do not want to loose the data. The rest is only important as far as what the system needs. Below is my current partitions. Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda3 464M 69M 372M 16% / /dev/hda1 7.6M 4.9M 2.4M 68% /boot /dev/hda5 6.9G 33M 6.5G 1% /tmp /dev/hda6 23G 1.3G 21G 6% /usr /dev/hda7 19G 9.5G 8.0G 55% /usr/local /dev/hda8 14G 9.6G 3.5G 74% /home /dev/hda9 11G 201M 9.7G 2% /var System info returned from: uname -a Linux dragon 2.4.19-k7 #1 Sun Oct 6 20:29:56 EST 2002 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) Processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux What I'd like to do it combine /usr and /usr/local and add about half the space from /var to this new one. This is the original setup from my very first install of debian. I didn't have anyone to talk to about how to partition and how much to give each partition. I just picked up a linux book and estimated based on examples from the book. Below is an estimate of what I'd like it to look like when I'm done. Filesystem Size Mounted on /dev/hda3 464M / /dev/hda1 7.6M /boot /dev/hda5 6G /tmp /dev/hda6 44G /usr/local <-- /usr & /usr/local combined /dev/hda8 17.9G /home /dev/hda9 5G /var ***If you have any suggestions about partition sizes and arrangements, Please ***tell me. Right now I'm aiming for a large partition, to store mp3's on. I would like to move the old /usr/local to the /usr to make a new combined drive I would like to move 3G from /var to the new /usr/local I would like to move 3G from /var to /home I would like to move 0.9G from /tmp to /home The reasoning behind this is that I've found I'm using /usr/local a lot, and I am rarelyusing /usr and /var. I also have found I am using /home more, so would like to add a little more to it. I don't want to have to reinstall, so am wondering if there's a way to move it. I can, if I have to, install an additional 15G hd to use as a backup. I am a novice to linux still, I'm using linux because I learn best when I actually use what I'm trying to learn. -- Michelle Alexia "Jade" Storm P.S. if more information is needed, just ask. (please tell me how to do it also, as I'm still learning, and may not know what you're talking about.)
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