Can I get system update (synaptic) to use non-root filesystem?

[Mark C. Miller]

On Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:15:49 -0300, Derek Broughton wrote:

> Chris G wrote:
> 
>> I have eeebuntu installed on an Eee PC, it doesn't have much
>> memory/disk so update manager can't do updates at the moment.
>> 
>> I can plug in an SD card to give it some working space but I can't see
>> any way to tell Update Manager to use the SD card rather than /.
> 
> Of course not.  What do you think it would put there?
> 
> Generally, the config files (/etc) and system executables (/bin, /sbin)
> MUST go on the root filesystem.  You can move practically anything else
> to other filesystems, but you still need to keep the names the same -
> Debian/Ubuntu use a standard naming system - that means you have to use
> "mount" to put your new filesystems in the right place.  Methinks that's
> probably too advanced for you.
> 
> First, in synaptic go to Settings/Preferences/Files and click on "Delete
> Cached Package Files", this should free up a lot of space.  Then you can
> choose to "Delete Downloaded Packages after Installation", which will
> stop the package cache from growing in future.
> 
> It might be very useful for you to put /tmp on the SD card, but I doubt
> it would be a very good idea to use it for anything else.

I ran across this on a different forum; it's called Ubuntu Tweak and 
really helps clear stuff out: 

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-tweak/0.4.x/0.4.9

mcm



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Mark C. Miller, Indianapolis Indiana USA