From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from concerto.rednote.net ([66.92.170.139]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DTs4K-00061g-00 for ; Thu, 05 May 2005 21:55:56 -0400 Received: from concerto.rednote.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by concerto.rednote.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j461to9r010504 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 5 May 2005 21:55:50 -0400 Received: (from janina@localhost) by concerto.rednote.net (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j461toIQ010503; Thu, 5 May 2005 21:55:50 -0400 Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 21:55:50 -0400 From: Janina Sajka To: Glenn at home , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20050506015550.GI8018@rednote.net> Mail-Followup-To: Glenn at home , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20050506005023.GG8018@rednote.net> <03a901c551d7$befd3190$6a00a8c0@desktop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <03a901c551d7$befd3190$6a00a8c0@desktop> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: Linux concerto.rednote.net 2.6.10-1.770_FC3spksmp Organization: Capital Accessibility LLC (http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com) X-PGP-Key: http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com/JaninaSajka_gpg_key.html Subject: Re: re-installing Debian X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 01:55:57 -0000 Enough room, yes. But you would be resizing an existing partition that has data you specifically don't want to lose. You wouldn't want to make a mistake with that. Instead, why not tar and bunzip your /home and copy it off somewhere. Do you have another machine you could copy such a file to? You could do something like this: cd /home tar cjpf home_files.tbz * Then, go to bed, because this could take awhile. In the morning you will be able to: ls -l home_files.tbz and you'll know approx how much room they'll take on another machine. CAUTION: If you also need to preserve mail, web pages, and ftp, you may need to copy those from /var, if they're not already copied, symlink'd, or otherwise backed up. Glenn at home writes: > I guess it depends on what you mean by free space. > I partitioned the entire 27 gig when I installed, and left no space > unformatted. > It seems that the last time I looked at my drive with: > df /dev/hda1 > it reads that I have either used or have 46% there to use. > Either way, I am sure that more than 4% is used by the system files, so I > think I have enough room to make a partition if that is possible. > Glenn > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janina Sajka" > To: "Glenn at home" ; "Speakup is a screen review > system for Linux." > Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 7:50 PM > Subject: Re: re-installing Debian > > > Glenn at home writes: > > Is it possible for me to add a partition now, without wiping out what is > > already there? > > Possible, yes. > > Advisable? Maybe. Maybe not. > > If you have free space, or an existing partition you aren't using and > don't need any longer, then absolutely. Do it. If you have to resize, I > would be leary. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina@freestandards.org http://a11y.org If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem.