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10-09-2009, 09:53 AM (This post was last modified: 10-09-2009, 09:53 AM by ♱ RedTube ♱.)
Hey, I have ubuntu installed onto 1 of the 2 partitions on my harddrive.

The partition it is installed on is 100GB. But when I click properties on Filesystem, it says I only have 4.5GB, can anyone help me increase it so I can use the full 100GB?

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10-09-2009, 10:20 AM (This post was last modified: 10-09-2009, 10:23 AM by g4143.)
(10-09-2009, 09:53 AM)RedTube Wrote: Hey, I have ubuntu installed onto 1 of the 2 partitions on my harddrive.

The partition it is installed on is 100GB. But when I click properties on Filesystem, it says I only have 4.5GB, can anyone help me increase it so I can use the full 100GB?

Thank you.

Ubuntu usually has at least three partitions - root, home, and swap(or something similar). Maybe you should check your other partitions before you start trying to free up partition space...Unless you custom installed Ubuntu on one partition

Open a terminal in Ubuntu and type df - what's the result?
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10-09-2009, 04:23 PM
(10-09-2009, 10:20 AM)g4143 Wrote: Ubuntu usually has at least three partitions - root, home, and swap(or something similar). Maybe you should check your other partitions before you start trying to free up partition space...Unless you custom installed Ubuntu on one partition

Open a terminal in Ubuntu and type df - what's the result?
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/host/ubuntu/disks/root.disk
16876388 11185968 4833128 70% /
tmpfs 1807328 0 1807328 0% /lib/init/rw
varrun 1807328 216 1807112 1% /var/run
varlock 1807328 0 1807328 0% /var/lock
udev 1807328 152 1807176 1% /dev
tmpfs 1807328 104 1807224 1% /dev/shm
/dev/sda5 107249908 18512928 88736980 18% /host
lrm 1807328 2192 1805136 1% /lib/modules/2.6.28-15-generic/volatile
/dev/sdb1 1019344 86736 932608 9% /media/360USBDRIVE
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10-09-2009, 04:57 PM (This post was last modified: 10-09-2009, 05:02 PM by g4143.)
You'll probably get a better result if you try df with the h switch and total like:

df -h --total>testfile

and send the data to a file testfile.

Now just open testfile and paste the contents
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10-10-2009, 06:21 AM
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/host/ubuntu/disks/root.disk
17G 11G 4.7G 70% /
tmpfs 1.8G 0 1.8G 0% /lib/init/rw
varrun 1.8G 216K 1.8G 1% /var/run
varlock 1.8G 0 1.8G 0% /var/lock
udev 1.8G 152K 1.8G 1% /dev
tmpfs 1.8G 84K 1.8G 1% /dev/shm
/dev/sda5 103G 18G 85G 18% /host
lrm 1.8G 2.2M 1.8G 1% /lib/modules/2.6.28-15-generic/volatile
/dev/sdb1 996M 85M 911M 9% /media/360USBDRIVE
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10-10-2009, 07:58 AM
(10-10-2009, 06:21 AM)RedTube Wrote: Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/host/ubuntu/disks/root.disk
17G 11G 4.7G 70% /
tmpfs 1.8G 0 1.8G 0% /lib/init/rw
varrun 1.8G 216K 1.8G 1% /var/run
varlock 1.8G 0 1.8G 0% /var/lock
udev 1.8G 152K 1.8G 1% /dev
tmpfs 1.8G 84K 1.8G 1% /dev/shm
/dev/sda5 103G 18G 85G 18% /host
lrm 1.8G 2.2M 1.8G 1% /lib/modules/2.6.28-15-generic/volatile
/dev/sdb1 996M 85M 911M 9% /media/360USBDRIVE

Well whats on this partition - /dev/sda5? Its 103G and mounted on /host
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10-10-2009, 07:59 AM
I dunoo. I can't use this space on my Ubuntu :/
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10-10-2009, 08:05 AM
(10-10-2009, 07:59 AM)RedTube Wrote: I dunoo. I can't use this space on my Ubuntu :/

Can you see or check the properties of any of these mount points in your file manager?
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10-10-2009, 08:11 AM
Nope.

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10-10-2009, 08:18 AM (This post was last modified: 10-10-2009, 08:18 AM by Camgaertner.)
Maybe you installed it on an unallocated space by accident?
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