Kent West wrote: > By "symlink", do you mean to make a filename "apt" in the original > location that is a symlink to the new location? Would that be: > > ln -s /var/cache/apt /big_partition/free_space/apt
Actually, you need to reverse the last two partsof that command. ln -s /big_partition/free_space/apt /var/cache/apt > Ahhh! Ya learn something new everyday.... I love this list! So really I > need to repartition now and reinstall before I go any further (this > is a new install, so I wouldn't be losing anything except a little more > bit of ignorance)? Or is there an easier way of moving /var and /tmp to an > existing bigger partition? Unless you have a spare, unused partition, a reinstall is probably your easiest route at this stage. -- see shy jo