Re: Confused-New Stable Sarge Dist-Upgrade

[Luis Finotti <finotti@math.ohio-state.edu>]

Dear Basajaun and all,

Basajaun wrote:
> [snip]
>
> Well, you could try the old link trick. First of all locate the biggest
> directory(ies) residing in /, e.g.
>
> du -sh /*
>
> then, move that directory and all of its contents to a bigger
> partition, where space is not a problem, e.g.
>
> cp -R /big_dir /scratch/
>
> then create a link in / with the old dir name, and pointing to the new
> location, e.g.
>
> ln -s /scratch/big_dir /big_dir
>
> Yes, it is a dirty trick, but will save your day until you repartition
> properly (say, when reinstalling the whole system).
>
> HTH,
>
>      Basajaun

That was my first idea when reading the original post.  In fact, I was 
thinking of doing that in a laptop of a friend.  Is there any reason why 
this is a "dirty" trick.  Is there any problem or disavantage in doing 
so?  It seemed to me it would be safer (and easier) than changing 
partitions sizes...

Thanks in advance,

Luis