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Ben Branchaud
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Hello everyone,
I am running Ubuntu 13.10 on an Acer C7 Chromebook using Crouton (doesn't matter for this question). Ubuntu is NOT installed on an SD card. Edit: Actually, I suppose I am running Xubuntu, as my desktop interface is XFCE (?)
Because the C7 shipped with a 16gb SSD, I am already out of hard drive space. I do, however, have a built-in card reader and a 32gb SD card. I am hoping that I will be able to use that SD Card to expand the amount of space that I have. I understand that I can move my files (home folder) to the card, but I don't have any files taking up space. All of my space is being taken up by applications, and I want MOAR.
Is there any way to tell my computer to use the space on the SD Card to install apps. I'm not too advanced with this kind of thing, so I am hoping that I will be able to run a few commands or edit a few text files and forget about it - basically, the computer suddenly "thinks" that it has 32 more GB than it used to.
Please tell me this is possible. I just bought this laptop, and I don't feel like installing a new SSD. If this is possible using a flash drive and not an SD card, I suppose that would work. I'm getting the feeling that I would only be able to accomplish this if I installed Ubuntu onto the SD card or flash drive, though.
Thank you so much for your time and help,
Benjamin
I am running Ubuntu 13.10 on an Acer C7 Chromebook using Crouton (doesn't matter for this question). Ubuntu is NOT installed on an SD card. Edit: Actually, I suppose I am running Xubuntu, as my desktop interface is XFCE (?)
Because the C7 shipped with a 16gb SSD, I am already out of hard drive space. I do, however, have a built-in card reader and a 32gb SD card. I am hoping that I will be able to use that SD Card to expand the amount of space that I have. I understand that I can move my files (home folder) to the card, but I don't have any files taking up space. All of my space is being taken up by applications, and I want MOAR.
Is there any way to tell my computer to use the space on the SD Card to install apps. I'm not too advanced with this kind of thing, so I am hoping that I will be able to run a few commands or edit a few text files and forget about it - basically, the computer suddenly "thinks" that it has 32 more GB than it used to.
Please tell me this is possible. I just bought this laptop, and I don't feel like installing a new SSD. If this is possible using a flash drive and not an SD card, I suppose that would work. I'm getting the feeling that I would only be able to accomplish this if I installed Ubuntu onto the SD card or flash drive, though.
Thank you so much for your time and help,
Benjamin