On Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 12:59:25AM -0400, Andrew Barr wrote: > On Jun 21, 2007, at 12:07 AM, arijit sarkar wrote: > >So, can i resize my /home now to make space for second root. > >or I have to reformat and do it again. > > Sure you can. > > Boot from a rescue CD, or better yet, a Debian or Ubuntu live CD, and > use parted or one of it's GUI frontends to reconfigure your hard disk > layout to your liking. > > Alternatively, e2resize is available but requires you to manually > update your partition table, which can lead to data loss and > corruption if you don't do it correctly. > > (g)parted on a live CD is your best option. > > Regards, > Andrew Barr Also, If you can, backup /home, just to make sure.
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