Isn't the Debian I installed wonderful!
I ended up putting in an additional drive and repartitioning to solve this.
On 12/26/2017 5:04 AM, Doug wrote:
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> On 12/25/2017 08:44 PM, Sarah Johnson wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I ran out of root partition disk space and can't install or remove any
>> more packages or even login gui window manager anymore
>>
>> i spent few good hours researching for solutions and found that i can
>> resize root and home partitions using resize2fs and lvresize tools but
>> they are not even installed on my system
>>
>> so is it safe to resize debian root and other partitions using windows
>> machine partitioning tool ?
>> knowing that my debian installation is on a USB stick
>>
>> Thanks
>> --
>> Sarah Johnson
> Why not download GParted--the version that runs off a CD, and burn
> it--and use that? At least it's Linux, and has a lot of capability, like
> changing partition sizes, making new ones, moving existing ones, etc.
>
Rescue mode seems a good choise to start with.
I wouldn't use windows for that unless you have some spare time! :)
Maybe backing up your home partition might be a good idea.
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John Doe