On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 10:20 PM, Thoufi Tiger <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > I am working on a dual os system.I have allocated 4gb for Ubuntu,but now > the current memory space is 314 mb.I always got alert for low memory.I have > another drive of 6 gb. > Pls suggest me,how to change my memory location to that drive.
[OffTopic]: As your blog suggests, if you are planning to completely migrate to GNU/Linux, 4 GB is hardly adequate. Your question suggests that you may not have understood the layout of files and directories in *nix Read this if you have time [Too-Much-Information warning]] > http://tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/sect_03_01.html I do not know if a single logical partition can extend over multiple physical drives. [I do not think it is straightforward if it is. Can someone who knows how LVM actually works chip in?] However, you could do this. Assumption: Your new drive is /dev/sdXY [sdXY can be sdb1 or sdc1 etc. Figure this out] 0. Optional: Create a partition on the drive [You will lose data already on the drive] As root, # mkfs.ext2 /dev/sdXY ext3 and ext4 are great too. But given the drive is just 6GB, I wonder if there will be significant gains. 1. Create a mount-point # mkdir /extras 2. Add this line to /etc/fstab /dev/sdXY /extras ext2 defaults 0 1 This will mount the cause the partition to automount on /extras 3. Now, if you reboot, the partition would be mounted in /extras. Copy your non-critical files like music or documents to this partition. If you want to continue work without rebooting, do this [Needed only the first time] # mount /extras 4. You can confirm that the partition has been mounted by # mount > This lists the mounted partitions --- Ashok `ScriptDevil` Gautham _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
