On Fri, 13 Mar 2015 12:21:15 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:
I am still trying to fix this, just in over my head ...
Run "du -h /" on your sda3 and skim over the output. Watch out for
directory trees that contain many GB. Is that usage expected?
Especially examine /var. Try to find any runtime files (e.g. in cache
directories other than Yum's) where you may want to clean up manually.
I've never used gparted before but so far have managed to shrink
the
largest partition 20+ GB. However that is an extended partition and I
need to add space to / [/var/cache/yum/x86_64/21/fedora is what wants
more room] and I don't understand how to deal with that?
If I botch this I can still re-install and start from scratch again but
would prefer not.
An old-school way is to use a so-called "bind mount", i.e. mount a
_directory_ stored on another partition on /var/cache/yum. In /etc/fstab
an entry for that could be added, too. Example:
/home/storage/yumcache /var/cache/yum auto bind 0 0
Since your /home dir has enough free space. ;)
Don't forget to remove stuff in /var/cache/yum prior to mounting.