[plug] Disk space ...

[Dave Dartnall]

Or rather lack of it!

Here is the output from df on my system:

Filesystem            Size    Used     Avail    Use%  Mounted on

/dev/hdb6             2.9G    255M    2.5G    10%     /
/dev/hdb1             479M   12M      443M  3%        /boot
/dev/hdb9              13G     5.5G     7.3G    43%     /home
/dev/hdb8             2.9G    2.6G     157M   95%     /usr
/dev/hdb7             7.7G    6.4G     986M   87%      /var

Obviously dumb initial partitioning - and now I've run out of room on 
/usr and /var.

I read somewhere that it's possible to increase the capacity of a 
partition by initialising (touching?) a file elsewhere and somehow 
linking the full directory to it. There's spare room on /home and root 
that maybe could be used? How is this done - if at all?

Preferably though, I'd like to install a new hard disk and transfer the 
existing system with all it's settings and links etc to larger 
partitions. Is this possible or is it necessary to reinstall everything? 
And if possible how is it done?

Let's assume that I can install the new drive, that the system will 
recognise it and that I can partition it using Mandriva's utility. What 
then...

Any help / pointers would be appreciated.

Dave Dartnall