NEWBIE: allocate more disc space?

[hristo77]

Hi!

How do you allocate more disc space in SUSE 10.1??

Im trying to download a file, but I cant finish it because there are not enough disc space in sys-home...

Im a total newbie, so please explain it like im four years old

[valemon]

You can have a look in this thread.

[hristo77]

Thanks for the link....but I still dont get it.

If I try to do this:

lvextend -L+1G /dev/mapper/sys-home

It says that the volume group mapper doesnt exist...how do I fix that? And yes, Im a newbie

[devils casper]

resize Partitions with GParted LiveCD.
if you have any confusion, Open Terminal/Konsole and execute this

su
fdisk -l

post output here.
lets check you disks existing partition structure first.

[hristo77]

More trouble...when I tried to booth this morning I get the following error:

"The following installation problem was detected while trying to start KDE:

$HOME directory (/home/klu) is out of disc space

KDE is unable to start"

Im using SUSE with VMware....anybody know what to do?

[devils casper]

boot up in command line mode, (add <space> 3 at the end of kernel line) and log in as root and free some space.
execute this

cd /var/log
rm -f messages.*

post the output of fdisk -l command.

[hristo77]

Thanks for your quick response! Where do I find this kernel line?

[devils casper]

Highlight SuSe title in GRUB menu and press 3. press Enter key. SuSe will boot up in command line mode.

[hristo77]

Logged in as root

fdisk -l
************************************************** *******
Disk /dev/sda: 16.1GB, 16106127360 bytes
255 heades, 63 sectors/track, 1958 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 262 2104483+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 263 13623120 8e Linux LVM
************************************************** *******

I was not able to change the kernalline, Im running a Virtual Machine, but Im logged in as root user....

[hristo77]

Can anybody help?