Resizing root partition

[vinoman]

I just installed Mageia 3 and so far its runs great, except I forgot to resize the / partition and I don't know why you make it so small. It should be 20 GB instead of 12GB.

Anyway what is the best way for me to double the size of the / partition? its already 39% filled and I only installed two extra programs.

[spiky001]

Hi

You can use a live cd with gparted

[vinoman]

Hi

You can use a live cd with gparted

Thanks, I just ran parted magic and the partition are so cut up that it won't let me enlarge the / partition and when shrinking the home partion it says it may break the boot up. maybe it's not worth it. Its the only complaint I have with Mageia/Mandriva over the past few years. They act like everyone only has a 30GB hdd when most are much bigger. I guess the / partition can go to 80% without problems. or I just reinstall Mageia 3 and start over.

[spiky001]

A reinstall would make sense to me

[vinoman]

I can also delete programs that I don't use. I just installed clementine and deleted amarok. that saves space. I'll live with it for now, may never need anymore space.

[spiky001]

My install Gnome is 4gigs I have deleted some packages and installed others

[doktor5000]

I can also delete programs that I don't use. I just installed clementine and deleted amarok. that saves space. I'll live with it for now, may never need anymore space.

Better search for larger packages with e.g.

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rpm -qa --qf "%{SIZE} - %{NAME}\n" | sort -rn

or searching for larger files/directories, e.g. with

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du -mx / | sort -rn | head -85