On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 01:21:04PM +0800, EC@ec.hn.org wrote: > Hi all, > > I was wondering how you could create partition or mount (not sure what's the > correct term to use) partition like /usr /var /home etc. I installed my > debian with only one partition which is '/'. In cfdisk, IIRC, there're only > options to choose either you format it to Linux or Swap so when i format it > to Linux it turns out to be '/' and i cant further break it down to /usr > /var /home etc. Any help will be appreciated :) You can use parted to shrink your existing Linux partition to free some space in which to create further partitions. Back up your data first, just in case. Than have a look through the list archives for discussion on how best to organise the new partition structure, of which there is plenty. -- Pigeon Be kind to pigeons Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F
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