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Post by alexham36 on Feb 20, 2014 14:29:07 GMT
I am running PCLinuxOS-KDE 2013-12 and I have 740MiB free on Root, out of 7.9GiB that I started with. It is working well, but I am worried that I will soon run out of space on Root. I have read an article in the latest copy of LinuxOS magazine that it is possible to extend Root partition by using GParted, which is not on my system, but I could easily download it. I am not worried about the possible loss of data, but I do not want to spend time attempting a procedure that will damage the OS and leave me to format the drive and reinstall.
The alternative is to remove some of the application that I will never use and create space for updates.
Any advice/guidance would be most welcome.
Thanks,
Alex
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Post by alexham36 on Feb 21, 2014 23:03:26 GMT
Since writing the above, I have discovered that I already have QParted on Puppy that I am running on USB stick. It reads all the drives and there is an option to "move" partitions. Can I use it to extend "/" on another HD?
Thanks,
Alex
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Post by vikingken on Feb 22, 2014 1:20:20 GMT
I have extended my C:/ partition on Windows many times, although not while Windows C:/ was running. As I am continually told how superior Linux is to Windows, you should be able to play with your root as much as you like. As your copy of Puppy is reading all the drives, it should be able to do the job just fine.
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Post by alexham36 on Feb 28, 2014 14:09:33 GMT
Well, I tried moving partition with QParted. First, I made 3 partition on a Windows partition and tried to move them. It worked but I was getting warning messages that the O/S might not boot if I continued, so I chickened out and did a fresh installation onto a empty 40GB SATA drive that a friend gave me when he updated his rig. No problems. Everything running as it should and I have over 4GB of space on "/", which might take a few years to fill with updates.
But, Vikingken, I would be very interested to hear how you extended your C:/ on Windows, because I installed Win7 onto a 50GB partition, which is too small. Could you describe what you did?
Many thanks,
Alex
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Post by vikingken on Feb 28, 2014 14:35:44 GMT
I used Paragon Partition Manager Alex. It will make changes to any partition, both Windows and Linux. I dont remember if I resized Windows 7 C:/ with the disk on bootup, or set it up in Windows and it did itself on rebooting. I copied one drive to a bigger one. After booting the new drive and checking it all out, I then resized it to use the whole drive. That increased its size from 500 GB to 1 TB. Although I backup my documents to other drives, I like to keep some documents handy on my C:/ and some media files can take up a bit of space. I like the OS to run loose and dont try to store too much on the C:/, I would rather just install a bigger drive.
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Post by alexham36 on Feb 28, 2014 17:32:09 GMT
Thanks Vikingken. I will investigate Paragon.
Alex
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Post by vikingken on Feb 28, 2014 19:28:06 GMT
There is a free version Alex, but it doesn't have a disk to use from bootup and can only be used within an OS. It works fine, except you cant repair if you cant boot.
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Post by mikkh on Mar 16, 2014 22:29:38 GMT
There's a Linux utility called 'bleachbit' which is installed by default in PClinuxOS. It's similar to 'Ccleaner' in Windows and should reclaim some space for you. You need to start with at least a 20 GB root partition in a big distro like PClinuxOS. I've set mine to several hundred GB because it's my main system and I have a 1 TB drive in this machine
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