Hi Leena Possibly you moved on but i needed to do exactly what you wanted and could not / do not want to do a fresh install so check this link out to know more on how to resize root https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/21286
if your case you may need to delete swap, create some free space in the forward section of your home (by moving the data back) and resizing from the front, and then expand your root however make sure you back up your home data ram On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Leena<le...@itforchange.net> wrote: > Hi all, > > Is there any way I can increase /root partition's size after > installation, using gparted? > or anyway to change directory for default installation files from /root > to /home" > I have Ubuntu 8.04 in a system having Hard disk of size 40GB. > I used manual partition option and following is how I have parted the disk > /root: 3GB or 3000mb > swap: 1.6GB > /home: remaining (say @36GB) > > Now after installation I ran updates. now when I try to install new > program, system giving me following error: "There is no space in /root > and you need to delete some files to save new" > > any help on this please.... > > > Thanks, > Leena > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
