How to make room in partition?

markg · 04-06-2009, 08:24 PM

Hi all,

I want to know how to move data from one partition to another, delete the source partition, and ensure that all the key directories mount correctly on reboot.

I am a Newbie running a dual boot laptop running Debian Etch (currently). I want to upgrade to Lenny, and have carried out the necessary changes to my apt sources list. However when I do a apt-get dist-upgrade I get the following error (at the end of a list of successful package updates):

E: You don't have enough free space in /var/cache/apt/archives/.

After checking available space on that partition I can see that there is 908.23 Mb free.

How do I go about moving the data in that partition to another, delete the old partition, grow the new one, and then re-map the etc/fstab so that they all mount on reboot?

Regards, Mark

linus72 · 04-06-2009, 08:44 PM

Wow, that's some heavy stuff-
Can't you just remove the files you want with a USB, boot into
Ubuntu live CD or another, move and resize partitions using Gparted
and then install Lenny and then put your files back in?

tell us the output of "df -h" in a terminal on the partition you want to upgrade(the one your gonna erase).

Code:

bz@bz-desktop:~$ df -h
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda2              17G   13G  2.5G  84% /
varrun                443M  112K  442M   1% /var/run
varlock               443M     0  443M   0% /var/lock
udev                  443M   92K  442M   1% /dev
devshm                443M   12K  443M   1% /dev/shm
lrm                   443M   39M  404M   9% /lib/modules/2.6.24-23-generic/volatile
gvfs-fuse-daemon       17G   13G  2.5G  84% /home/bz/.gvfs
/dev/sdf1             1.9G   57M  1.9G   3% /media/disk

Code:

bz@bz-desktop:~$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for bz: 

Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x8f800200

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1               1        3533    28378791   83  Linux
/dev/sda2   *        3534        5670    17165452+  83  Linux
/dev/sda3            5671       10979    42644542+  83  Linux
/dev/sda4           10980       19457    68099535    5  Extended
/dev/sda5           14931       19457    36363127+   b  W95 FAT32
/dev/sda6           10980       11690     5711044+  83  Linux
/dev/sda7           11691       12921     9887976   83  Linux
/dev/sda8           12922       14601    13494568+  83  Linux
/dev/sda9           14602       14930     2642661   82  Linux swap / Solaris

Partition table entries are not in disk order

Disk /dev/sdf: 1999 MB, 1999568384 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0007934f

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdf1   *           1         243     1951866    6  FAT16
bz@bz-desktop:~$

And then tell us the output of "fdisk -l" try as root.above

Quakeboy02 · 04-06-2009, 09:33 PM

Have you tried running "apt-get clean" to clear out the archives directory of the Etch files? That should give you enough space.

markg · 04-06-2009, 09:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quakeboy02

Have you tried running "apt-get clean" to clear out the archives directory of the Etch files? That should give you enough space.

Thanks very mmuch QuakeBoy02! - that worked fine. no need to do the heavy rework on my partitions.