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Re: repartitioning: joining two partitions



Joris Huizer <joris_huizer@yahoo.com> writes:

> Hello everybody,
> 
> I have the following question:
> I have four partitions:
> /, /tmp, /usr, /home
> 
> Is it possible to change the situation so that the
> /tmp partition space becomes part of the /home (so the
> /tmp is a normal folder in / ) ? It's usually hardly
> used and I could use some space for my personal stuff.
> 
> Oh, and what is the name of the partition program
> Debian uses during the installation? If possible, I'd
> like to use that one for this
> 

Read its documentation thoroughly, then, use parted.  You will also
have to modify the entry that refers to the /tmp entry in fstab (that
is, remove it) and do "mkdir /tmp" as root and change its persmissions
acordingly.

Greetings,

Jorge



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