Upgrading Redhat/Mandrake - space problem THANKS !

[kb1cvh at arrl.net (Peter Grace)]

Thanks Brian and Jerry!
It was /usr.
I resized with PM. Now I'm working on a KDE problem.
thanks!

Peter Grace kb1cvh at arrl.net

Jerry Feldman wrote:
> 
> On SuSE I have done several upgrades with very few problems, and I
> routininely upgrade their fixes.
> 
> One problem that all systems (Linux, Unix, Windows) face during upgrade is
> space. I always keep a version of Partition Magic with me so I can
> rearrange my partitions. I am about to upgrade my laptop from SuSE 7.1 to
> SuSE 7.3 beta. We'll see if I encounter any problems.
> "Brian J.Conway" wrote:
> 
> > Just quickly looking, I would think it's the /usr that's top short on space f
> > or the upgrade.  Hitting ctrl-alt-F(1-4) during the install would probably pr
> > ovide a little more info once it dies on you.  On a side note, I've yet to fi
> > nd a Linux distro (or any OS, really) that upgrades well enough that I would
> > actually recommend using, with the exception of Debian's apt-get procedure (d
> > ist-upgrade, is it?).  With plenty of partitions, why not just do a full inst
> > all and format / and /usr, after backing up whatever you need, since I didn't
> >  see a /home in there?  As much as I'm a fan of Mandrake, that would definite
> > ly be my recommendation for that distribution, in particular.
> >
> > Brian J. Conway
> > dogbert at clue4all.net

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