Re: Selective install using apt-method in dselect
Kent West wrote:
> By "symlink", do you mean to make a filename "apt" in the original
> location that is a symlink to the new location? Would that be:
>
> ln -s /var/cache/apt /big_partition/free_space/apt
Actually, you need to reverse the last two partsof that command.
ln -s /big_partition/free_space/apt /var/cache/apt
> Ahhh! Ya learn something new everyday.... I love this list! So really I
> need to repartition now and reinstall before I go any further (this
> is a new install, so I wouldn't be losing anything except a little more
> bit of ignorance)? Or is there an easier way of moving /var and /tmp to an
> existing bigger partition?
Unless you have a spare, unused partition, a reinstall is probably your
easiest route at this stage.
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see shy jo
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