On Fri, 30 Oct 1998, Brian Lehr wrote:
> I've ran out of space on my 500 meg partition (and I haven't even
> downloaded the 100 meg WordPerfect 8 yet!). I want to take another gig
> from Dos and make a second Linux partition (actually, a third -- also
> got a 48 meg swap).
>
> 1. Is Fdisk the program to do this with?
yes
> 2. Is it possible to keep all the essential files on the 500 meg
> partition, and place all the accessories (games, word processors, etc.),
> on the 1 gig partition?
yes
> 3. Will accessing these other programs be similar to having several
> "drives" in Windows, with the "F" drive programs calling on the "C"
> drive Windows files as needed?
no, under unix, partitions are mounted under directories. So, you could
make /usr/local your new partition, and place your games/word processors
there.
> 4. Would it be better to just copy all of the OS onto the new larger
> partition?
It might be simpler, but then you "lose" those 500 megs.
> 5. If I keep the 500 meg partition with the 48 meg swap partition, will
> I have to make a new swap partition with the larger 1 gig partition (or
> will the 48 meg one be satisfactory)?
you need only one swap partition
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> Brian
>
Frank
