Man, I knew this would happen...

Is there any way to install a second hard drive, partition it for linux and make sybolic links (or however you do it) so that my directories have more room to write to?

I really don't want to completely reinstall things... or have to change up the default install settings on future applications
I want to install...

Here's the method I have used;

1.Use cfdisk to partition.
2.format with mkfs.ext2 /dev/hdxx ( create swap with mkswap /dev/hdxx if required).
3.Convert the partition to ext3 by tune2fs /dev/hdxx.(if required)
4.Go into single user mode from consol by init 1.
5.mount the partition do mount -t ext3 /dev/hdxx /mnt.
6.Copy over the information – do rsync -avH /directory_name/ /mnt or cp -avx /directory_name/ /mnt.
7.Unmount the drive – do umount /dev/hdxx.
8. Re-name the old driectory do mv /directory_name /old_directory_name (in case of a problem.
9.Edit the fstab to reflect the new partition.

Yes, it's reasonably easy, even without symlinking.

Easiest way is if you have a bootable rescue CD,
or Knoppix or something the like...

From the actual system:
You do an init 1, partition the second hdd,
give it a filesystem, copy a directory you want
to move. Edit & save /etc/fstab to point to the new
partition with the copied directory for the
mountpoint ...

Shutdown, boot of CD (in case the old directory
that you moved contained system relevant libraries)
and delete it.

Reboot box from HDD, all sweet :}


Cheers,
Tink

I've got knoppix... I guess I could do all of it from there?

I use XFS as my filesystem... does that matter?

Just delete your porn...you'll download new stuff anyway. ;-)

If you format the drive for XFS in the 3rd step then it should not make any difference.