[xubuntu-users] Add space on / with additional disk

[Teo]

Vincent ha scritto:
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> On 5/13/08, *Teo* <teo666 at linuxmail.org <mailto:teo666 at linuxmail.org>>
> wrote:
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>     Vincent ha scritto:
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>     >
>     > On 5/13/08, *Teo* <teo666 at linuxmail.org
>     <mailto:teo666 at linuxmail.org> <mailto:teo666 at linuxmail.org
>     <mailto:teo666 at linuxmail.org>>>
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>     > wrote:
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>     >     Hello everyone,
>     >     I'm searching for a way to add space on / adding one hdd.
>     >     I don't want to change partitions or similar, only add free
>     space of a
>     >     second hdd to /.
>     >     Is that possible??
>     >     My problem was born from insufficient space for upgrade the
>     distro on a
>     >     remote (monitorless and keyboardless) pc on my lan.
>     >     In alternative I tried to mount free space in /var/cache/apt,
>     but the
>     >     update-manager still say that there's not enough space on / to
>     install..
>     >     Thanx,
>     >     Teo.
>     >
>     >
>     > I'm not an expert, but I'm afraid it's impossible. What you could
>     do is
>     > set the hard drive to mount to a place where a lot of files are
>     stored.
>     > Perhaps it'd make for a good home directory? If you're going to do
>     that,
>     > be sure to move over the files that are currently in that directory :)
>     >
>     > --
>     > Vincent
>     >
> 
> 
>     Ok, so I have to copy the content of a folder to a new partition, then
>     mount the new (not empty) partition in the (old) empty folder..
>     ..sure that space freed by moving could be used for
>     installation..right??
> 
> 
> Well, let's say you want to move /nonexistent folder to the new hard
> drive. First, you move everything contained in that folder to
> /home/yourusername/backup . Then you set the mount point of the new hard
> drive to /nonexistent and move the files in the backup back to that folder.
> 
> I wouldn't know how to do that with critical folders though, but surely
> there's someone on this list who is better at this subject who can
> explain :)
> 
>     But where apt-get, or better update-manager, stores the downloaded files
>     for installation??
> 
> 
> When a package is installed, files get spread out across the place. For
> example, the file to actually run the program is often located in
> /usr/bin, while the application's files are stored in /usr/share. The
> package itself is archived in /var/cache/apt, and so on... That's why
> this'd be so problematic. Your home folder might be a good idea, but a
> lot easier when doing a new installation than moving an existing Xubuntu
> installation.
> 
>     And, if I'd mount a partition on that (unknown yet..) folder the program
>     (during upgrade) could detect enough space?
> 
>     I like this kind of challenge..and linux..
> 
> 
> You're not the only one :)
> 
>     Thanx,
>     Teo.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Vincent
> 

I'm still waiting for a response..but in the meantime I searched in
google and found the magic word: LVM!!

Now my new question is:

is that possible to convert my old root partition to LVM without loss of
data and add more space expanding over my empty partition on other hdd?

Thanx all!!
Teo.