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Then, I will do +</I>>><i> a clean install of Mageia on sdb1, leaving my original Mandriva /home +</I>>><i> intact, thus making Mageia my production system. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> I want to use sdb6 for my production /home because it is much larger +</I>>><i> than sda7. I suppose I could just switch the two /homes, but that would +</I>>><i> leave system and data on separate drives for both, and a hard drive +</I>>><i> failure would take out both systems. I prefer having system and data on +</I>>><i> the same drive. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Can anybody offer suggestions on how to accomplish this herculean feat +</I>>><i> the easiest way possible? Oh, almost forgot - if it helps I do have an +</I>>><i> external usb drive big enough to back up the important parts of my +</I>>><i> production /home. In fact, that's what I use it for. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> TJ +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Would be glad to help you, I've done lots of juggling like that. +</I>><i> What are the sizes of the partitions ? +</I>><i> And how much free space does each have ? +</I>><i> What is available on the external drive ? +</I>><i> If the sizes of sda and sdb are comparable, it might be simpler to swap +</I>><i> drives. +</I>><i> If you have spare space on one of the internal drives, it would be a lot +</I>><i> faster than using an external drive (unless by chance it is usb3 -- both +</I>><i> ends) +</I>><i> Basically it would be better to minimize the data transferred. +</I>><i> One thing I do is define a number of other partitions than /home for +</I>><i> various files that would otherwise go into /home. +</I>><i> Like that you can keep a relatively small /home. +</I>><i> +</I>Sda is quite a bit smaller than sdb, and also contains a 48GB Windows XP +partition which I'd rather leave alone for the time being. The Mandriva +and Mageia system partitions are both 12GB. The Mandriva system +partition has 5.6 GB of open space, and the Mageia partition shouldn't +be quite that full. Sda7 is 88GB, while sdb6 is 215GB. Sdb6 currently +has 96 GB on it, but if I do some much-needed housekeeping I could +reduce that to fit on sda7 with room to spare. The external drive is +usb2, and 160GB. + +TJ + +</PRE> + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="005009.html">[Mageia-discuss] Rearranging partitions +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="005011.html">[Mageia-discuss] Linux Application table for MAGEIA 1 +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#5010">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#5010">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#5010">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#5010">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |