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The time has come: how do I safely resize the C: partition and move Linux to that disk?
(lemmy.world)
It may be too much to ask but here it goes:
I have temporarily installed LMDE6 on an HDD where I had a bit of free space, worked with it, experienced Steam with Proton and now I am convinced: I want to move to Linux from Windows for good.
Have another disk, an SSD in which most of the space is taken up by the Windows C: partition. Would like to move Linux there after shrinking the Windows partition a bit more than what it currently occupies now.
I have tried to do this with Paragon on Windows, but after restarting no change can be seen, despite no error being presented. Tried from Linux with GParted but all attempts end up with an error when running ntfsresize.
So
- What do I use to do this and how do I do it safely? 2.How do I move the content of my current Linux partition (less than 50 GBs) to that disk keeping the bootloader and everything else working? And what filesystem is best to use?
Thank you in advance for your help!
Reusing your /home is exactly the kind of thing having a separate mount point for it is for. I've done it without issue. Lately i haven't distro hopped, but back in the day, even between distros, but I don't recommend that. Some apps may balk at a config built for a different version, which would require you to find and delete the offending config.
I'm curious as to your experience and what led you to recommend against it.
My assumption is that OP likes linux and is not well versed enough in the terminal and config files. (i.e. by using GParted rather than fdisk or parted)
Between incompatible config files, particularly your DE config files, reusing home is a bad idea when you might break something and can't fix it in a few minutes.
If you create a new user with its own separate home folder, then reusing home is not a problem as it will not use the same config files.
If you have the same username, then failure is more prevalent than success, even for seasined users. The hassle is not worth it anyway. In my case, I backup config files and reuse them as necessary.