root partition ( resolved )

benhee · 2017-09-22 11:45:17

Hiya all,

A question:

I've got BL on separate Root and Home partitions, noticed that I've been very generous with the size of my Root (ext3) partition and that even with all my junk installed still got about 10GB spare.

Would there be any problem with utilizing say; 5GB of this. Making a Directory and putting in some Documents I want to keep, but not often access?

Thanks for any answers

BenHee

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benhee · 2017-09-22 11:50:25

...forgot to mention it's on a single user laptop

Steve · 2017-09-22 11:55:28

You would probably be best leaving the root file system/partition alone. Myself i don't know if this could be done but i have always erred on the side of caution in regards to the root file system.Maybe to use the "space" would be to shrink the partition of its unused space and maybe allocate that to the home partition.

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benhee · 2017-09-22 12:07:49

thanks Steve

Yes I probably will err on the side of caution, not short of space anyway and I will re-organise the partitions when "stretch" comes (still got #! on 70 GB, just use it for photos & music)
I just liked the idea of a "box" to stash stuff away (should see my shed, boxes full of old rusty screws, but you never know...)

Steve · 2017-09-22 12:14:11

You collect screws and bolts too! I dont have a shed alas, but i do have a storage box for them!

Depends on the way you want your system, but for me i would rather have that 5 GB of "stash away stuff" on a usb stick or some kind of flash drive and store it somewhere safe, maybe actually in a safe?

benhee · 2017-09-22 13:03:09

...aye Steve, I've got a handful of USB sticks, portable hard drives, old 5 1/2 inch disk drives, boxes of dvd's cd's somewhere (no floppy's anywhere though)& google drive & dropbox
but I was just itching to use that spare 5GB, it's crazy...

benhee · 2017-09-22 13:10:27

...it gets worse...just checked I've got 20GB spare on my phone..a few sony memory sticks a wallet full of xD cards and SD cards....

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Sector11 · 2017-09-22 14:24:25

I have
/ = 20GB -> free 13.5GB
~/ = 20DB -> free 17.7GB

becuase I put everything else on:
/media/5 = 200GB --> free 160GB
media/10 = 145GB --> free 92GB

And back it all up ~/, M/5 and M/10 to an external 500GB HHD

ohnonot · 2017-09-22 16:46:24

benhee wrote:

I've got BL on separate Root and Home partitions, noticed that I've been very generous with the size of my Root (ext3) partition and that even with all my junk installed still got about 10GB spare.
Would there be any problem with utilizing say; 5GB of this. Making a Directory and putting in some Documents I want to keep, but not often access?

this is totally possible!
you could, e.g., create a folder in /home (seems logical to me to put it in a place like this, instead of, say, /).
give it the right permissions.

BUT
- 5GB is not much
and
- keep in mind that your root file system can easily grow for many reasons, and there's also a policy of retaining 5% of mission critical filesystems, meaning it will moan that it's full even when it's only 95% full.

benhee · 2017-09-22 17:48:29

thanks for replies

Sector11...I've always thought that's a good way to organise partitions, just I've found
my drive a bit jumbled, after originally multi booting #! with win7 then dumping windows
and putting on BL never got round to arranging partitions sensibly, maybe next time with "stretch" a thorough cleansing is in order...

ohnonot...I did think it was possible, just whether advisable, not short of space so will not impinge on the Root file system don't want to bump into anything there...
5GB not much?...surely enough for my whole lifes paperwork

tknomanzr · 2017-09-22 21:29:38

I always separate /home and / because I never really know how long I am going to keep an install around for before I end up reinstalling to test out a new live build or just because I occasionally break stuff beyond my ability to repair. Backups help but testing is always needed around here, it seems.

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