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SlothSpunky77

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Registered: 2023-03-03

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repartitioning the system

I did not allocate enough space to my root and swap partition during the installation, so I'm going to have to repartition my disk. I've also made a timeshift backup and I've rsynced it to another system so that I can use it to restore to my current configuration. Am I ready to repartition my device (is timeshift enough to create a backup and restore my configuration and all my files later)?
Also, how do I repartition my device with neither USB nor SSH? I'd like to create an LVM partition but I don't know how to go about it since it's my first time.
Much thanks.

Last edited by SlothSpunky77 (2023-04-05 11:21:38)

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Re: repartitioning the system

Partitioning is part of the installation guide.
Furthermore LVM setup is also explained in the Wiki.

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SlothSpunky77

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Registered: 2023-03-03

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Re: repartitioning the system

Can I just go ahead and login to tty2 and use fdisk with su rights to wipe nvme0n1 and then proceed to partition it?

jl2

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Re: repartitioning the system

You can extend the root partition to the right but not to the left on a running system, so no, you can't just force-wipe your root partition (thats on gparted, i don't know if it's possible on fdisk.Note you must configure the bootloader. ) if it's possible, keep your system running until you've copied it back. The rest can easily be partitioned.

I recommend to just get a live USB with a GUI (Ubuntu, gnome, etc) and resize them. Have done it countless times.

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