Yes, October should be home automation.
My query was for near future, but topic could be for later.
JN
On 2022-09-13 13:28, Dmitriy Korovkin wrote:
Hi John,
For the sake of saving future headache I would recommend just make the unused disk /home. This will save your time for
the next upgrades.
As a side note, I take it that the October meeting is going to be OpenSource home automation. Correct me if I am wrong.
Regards,
/Dmitriy
On Tue, 13 Sep, 2022 at 1:23 PM, J C Nash <profjcnash [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> wrote:
Hi, Recently upgraded my wife's machine from Linux Mint 20.3 to Linux Mint 21. We decided to use the "install beside"
option. This took the 500GB nvme disk and shrank the LM20.3 partition (leaving GPT partition) to about 300GB, created
a new approx 200GB partition and installed LM21 in the latter. This has allowed us to simply copy a lot of the config
files (e.g., Thunderbird and Double Commander) and avoid a lot of customization effort. The email was back right away.
But ... Once we've got all the working files sorted out, we've a 300GB blob more or less unused. (There is also a 2TB
mirrored ZFS volume for files. Mainly long term files, but only about 30% full.) Goal: remove the 300GB partition,
shift LM21 partition and expand it. As far as I can understand, simply using gparted via a live USB OS will move the
partition, but leave it unbootable, though running grub2 should restore things. Alternatively, it may be smart to use
liveUSB OS and image the LM21 e.g., to the ZFS volume, then clone it back to the 300GB partition. Possibly this could
be done WITHOUT destroying the 200GB partition until it is clear the copy boots OK. Then destroy the 200GB partition
and expand the 300GB one. Suggestions welcome. Possibly a good meeting topic. There are a number of web postings, but
not too many that suggest a straightforward solution. John Nash To unsubscribe send a blank message to
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