Will Tipi see a symlink as a directory in Ubuntu?
Ubuntu 22.04.2 Default Tipi install
The default size of the Tipi partition appears to be about 100 Gb. It is mounted on root so I cannot unmount the partition to extend it as it is in use by many, many root processes. If I create a symlink to a new partition for some of the folders like movies that take up a lot of space will this work?
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Hello, I’ve never tested it myself but as far as I know some users are definitely doing this to store data on an external disk
Also what is your volume type? you might search a bit on the web, if it is LVM (default on Ubuntu server) you can resize it without unmounting it https://www.howtogeek.com/40702/how-to-manage-and-use-lvm-logical-volume-management-in-ubuntu/
Best tip ever! Obviously my Google skills are lacking as all the references I found went the fdisk/resize2fs route.
Done in two lines, very pleasing
sudo lvextend -l +100%FREE /dev/ubuntu-vg/ubuntu-lv
sudo resize2fs /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv
🎉
Indeed it is very satisfying