On Tue, 2008-12-23 at 11:25 +0000, Tony Arnold wrote: > Farran, > > Farran wrote: > > On Mon, 2008-12-22 at 14:31 +0000, Tony Arnold wrote: > >> Farran, > >> > >> Matthew Wild wrote: > >> > >> >> 4 would it be best to generate an install list from synaptic so I know > >> >> what > >> >> I've got, and do a clean install with a larger partition? (and how > >> >> would I > >> >> do this through aptitude command line - I have no gui at all now). > >> > > >> > dpkg -l > packages.txt > >> > > >> > However if dpkg is in a bad state, this may not work. > >> > > >> >> I'm thinking number 4 would be easiest and better for my ubuntu - but I > >> >> want > >> >> my pc working cos I'm just about to get internet in my room > >> >> > >> > > >> > If you have backups, and are really in a mess, a clean install isn't > >> > too far-fetched. It can take less time to do that than you'll spend > >> > fixing it. The catch is the going through the configuration and > >> > installation all over again. However I personally reinstall (at least) > >> > every 6 months anyway, and it doesn't really bother me (I enjoy it, > >> > even :) ) > >> > >> I agree with Matt. Also during a fresh install you can choose to have > >> /var in a separate partition to /. You may need to use the manual > >> partitioning option. > >> > >> You might also want to consider using Logical Volume Manager (LVM). You > >> will need to read up on it, if you get to grips with it, it will allow > >> you to resize logical volumes (file systems reside in a logical volume > >> as opposed to a physical partition) much more easily. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Tony. > >> -- > >> Tony Arnold, Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 6093 > >> Head of IT Security, Fax: +44 (0) 870 136 1004 > >> University of Manchester, Mob: +44 (0) 773 330 0039 > >> Manchester M13 9PL. Email: tony.arn...@manchester.ac.uk > >> <mailto:tony.arn...@manchester.ac.uk> > >> > > > > cool thanks :D I'm going in in about 20 minutes. I never knew /var was > > so big relatively - so I'll give it a partition. Any other > > /<directories> that should have their own (apart from /home)? > > I don;t understand why your /var is so big. Mine is only 677MB on my > desktop. You could run the disk usage analyser and analyse the whole > file system and see where the space is being used. > > Regards, > Tony. > -- > Tony Arnold, Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 6093 > Head of IT Security, Fax: +44 (0) 870 136 1004 > University of Manchester, Mob: +44 (0) 773 330 0039 > Manchester M13 9PL. Email: tony.arn...@manchester.ac.uk >
hmm makes no sense. Anyway...: I have just set up a new partition table, with 30gb at /, 15gb at /media/Work, 3gb at /root, 253gb at /home and 8gb swap. I am not formatting /home or swap, but when I get to the final step of installation where it tells me what it's gonna do, it says it will format 4 partitions. Should I be worried, or does 'formatting' include renaming and mounting partitions? Cheers =============================== Farran Lee I'm only 16 :-P
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