> Hi, > > I put my /var on it's own partion, but didn't realize it got used > so much and made it too small. Several times it has almost filled > up during apt-gets. I also have /usr/local on another partion which > is pretty much empty. Can I tar off the contents of /var and > /usr/local and put them on one of my bigger drives, then go back > (using the rescue floppy) and combine my /var and /usr/local > partions into one big /var without destroying my other partions > and their data? >
You might want to look at the Hard Disk Upgrade mini-HOWTO (which, btw, I can't see in potato). Also, there should be a way to tell apt to cache the downloaded packages in another partition/directory.
