blazini
June 25th, 2008, 09:32 AM
When I first installed Ubuntu Feisty I obviously didn't realize I should have seperated the /home partition. I'm running Gutsy with a few issues and the update manager won't update to Hardy because of some sort of problem. Even if I got that fixed I really wouldn't trust the update considering the things I had to work out on the Gutsy upgrade, I'd rather do a clean install.
The problem is that the Gutsy install is on a 500gb hdd and it's almost full of data, only 6.6gb are free. Obviously I can't create a partition and move /home to it. I'm thinking maybe I can create a partition with the 6.6gb I have free and do a clean install of Hardy on that, then just wipe out everything on the 493.4gb partition except the /home folder (or any others I may want to keep, suggestions?)
I don't see why it wouldn't work. It seems like such a simple idea, but I've read other posts with the same issue and this was never advised as an option. I can probably free up maybe another 10gb, if for any reason Hardy should have a bigger partition. Any suggestions?
The problem is that the Gutsy install is on a 500gb hdd and it's almost full of data, only 6.6gb are free. Obviously I can't create a partition and move /home to it. I'm thinking maybe I can create a partition with the 6.6gb I have free and do a clean install of Hardy on that, then just wipe out everything on the 493.4gb partition except the /home folder (or any others I may want to keep, suggestions?)
I don't see why it wouldn't work. It seems like such a simple idea, but I've read other posts with the same issue and this was never advised as an option. I can probably free up maybe another 10gb, if for any reason Hardy should have a bigger partition. Any suggestions?