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Date:      Sat, 19 Dec 1998 14:36:45 -0500 (EST)
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
To:        jpsnyder@mindspring.com (Jim Snyder)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Question about resizing.
Message-ID:  <199812191936.OAA24116@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
In-Reply-To: <367BD120.26E7855C@mindspring.com> from Jim Snyder at "Dec 19, 98 10:15:28 am"

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Jim Snyder wrote,
> Is there a way to change the size of the root file system? I have a 1Gb
> partion divided automatically with it set to 31Mb, it is coming up with
> file system full. It shows I only have 120Kb free.

The first question you are going to get asked is, "What have you been
adding to the root partition?" Generally speaking, you should not be
adding things to the root partition. The ~30 MB that the default setup
gives you is about twice what the install of the root directory
takes. What is filling up the root directory? You should probably
first consider moving those files elsewhere. I just hope this is not
because you use root as your usual login and have filled up /root.

> I am hoping there is
> a way to do this without reinstalling the whole thing all over. 

Nope. I have heard on -questions many times that it is not.

> I don't
> think Partition Magic 4.0 will do it. 

You're definately right there.
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@home.com

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