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Beware of that small root partition
Post #410,121
by
scoenye
5/15/16 8:39:45 PM
5/15/16 8:39:45 PM
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Beware of that small root partition
The old guides say something on the order of a couple of 100 MB, but a kernel version jump needs room for all modules as well, in practice more than doubling the needed space.
Post #410,122
by
malraux
5/15/16 8:42:21 PM
5/15/16 8:42:21 PM
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Remember to clear out the old kernel versions occasionally too
Regards,
-scott
Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #410,126
by
drook
5/15/16 10:33:52 PM
5/15/16 10:33:52 PM
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Deleted more than a dozen as soon as I got it to boot again
--
Drew
Disk partitioning tips?
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drook
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- (21)
- May 12, 2016, 05:28:58 PM EDT
looks decent
-NT
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boxley
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- May 12, 2016, 09:08:13 PM EDT
Re: Disk partitioning tips?
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pwhysall
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- (19)
- May 13, 2016, 01:19:52 AM EDT
The /home partition is so I can do a reinstall without losing everything
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drook
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- (10)
- May 13, 2016, 01:29:28 AM EDT
Re: The /home partition is so I can do a reinstall without losing everything
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pwhysall
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- (7)
- May 13, 2016, 01:42:46 AM EDT
How far is "way back"?
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drook
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- May 13, 2016, 09:09:49 AM EDT
Some Linux distros (e.g. Mint) don't support version upgrades.
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Another Scott
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- (5)
- May 13, 2016, 09:11:26 AM EDT
What?
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pwhysall
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- (4)
- May 13, 2016, 10:00:34 AM EDT
Yup. Version upgrade is not recommended.
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Another Scott
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- (3)
- May 13, 2016, 11:55:14 AM EDT
That's pretty terrible.
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pwhysall
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- (2)
- May 13, 2016, 01:27:40 PM EDT
I think they just don't want to be bothered with trying to support upgrades.
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Another Scott
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- (1)
- May 13, 2016, 01:31:16 PM EDT
Tells me something else
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pwhysall
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- May 13, 2016, 06:17:12 PM EDT
Suspend to disk is simpler with a swap partition
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scoenye
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- (1)
- May 15, 2016, 09:16:12 PM EDT
Got an Ubuntu live thumb drive I'll be using
-NT
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drook
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- May 15, 2016, 10:31:53 PM EDT
eh? been practice since about 1991 or so
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boxley
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- (7)
- May 13, 2016, 09:29:03 AM EDT
That's 25 years ago.
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pwhysall
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- (3)
- May 13, 2016, 10:02:14 AM EDT
/me has an old system with a (relatively) tiny and slow disk
-NT
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drook
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- (2)
- May 13, 2016, 01:37:18 PM EDT
No, you don't.
-NT
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pwhysall
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- (1)
- May 13, 2016, 01:38:11 PM EDT
Compared to 25 years ago, I guess not
-NT
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drook
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- May 13, 2016, 01:56:52 PM EDT
Beware of that small root partition
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scoenye
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- May 15, 2016, 08:39:45 PM EDT
Remember to clear out the old kernel versions occasionally too
-NT
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malraux
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- (1)
- May 15, 2016, 08:42:21 PM EDT
Deleted more than a dozen as soon as I got it to boot again
-NT
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drook
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- May 15, 2016, 10:33:52 PM EDT
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