2-Cent Tips
2-Cent Tip: Making space while installing
Chris Bannister [mockingbird at earthlight.co.nz]
Mon, 6 Dec 2010 02:11:52 +1300
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 06:30:23PM -0500, Ben Okopnik wrote:
> Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 11:22:04 +0100 > From: Jacopo Sadoleto <jacopo.sadoleto at gmail.com> > To: ben at linuxgazette.net > Subject: 2-Cent Tips > > Sometimes upgrading an Linux distro to a recent version, yields an "No space > left on device" (usually /var); > For those not willing to use a tool to create, resize, grow a partition, a > simple artifice will do the trick: > > CTRL-ALT-F2
Upgrading from within X should be discouraged.
> # mv /var /home/user/? <== or wherever space suffice > # cd / > # ls -s /home/user/var . > CTRL-ALT-F7
I believe that would just be ALT-F7
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