Moving stuff around - partition size.

Rinendra Shakya (rinendra.shakya@yale.edu)
Sat, 06 Feb 1999 22:41:16 -0500

Hello. I have a 1G partition for Linux.
capacity
60 MB for / 63%
100 MB for /home 37%
450 MB for /usr 98%
430 MB for /usr/local 40%

I have noticed that my computer is getting slower i.e. after I am on the
net for a while, bringing back the emacs window takes a very noticeable
long time. Once about an hour ago, X windows actually hung. Finally
pressing around with the CTL and ALT and F1....4 buttons worked enough
to get me an alternate terminal to kill X windows and start it again. I
am thinking maybe this is because /usr is so full. Any advice on moving
stuff from here to /usr/local/. I am kind of afraid to move stuff
around.

I am running RH5.2 on 64 MB of ram. I am thinking of getting a new hard
drive. If I just turned off the computer and installed the hard drive,
will Linux recognize the new drive at reboot?

Rinendra

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