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Asked: 2017-03-01 20:10:05 +0800 CST

BQ Aquaris M10 FHD Ubuntu Edition: How do I see the size of external storage (ie. a micro SD card)?

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I have had a look in the file browser app and the External Drives app, long-pressing various items in both apps, and looking for any "menu" items in both of these apps, but I haven't found how to see the size of the card.

In Ubuntu 16.04 (on my desktop computer), for example, I can start the Disks utility (actually an application called gnome-disks, and not gnome-disk-utility as shown Disks > Menu > About) and see total size and % used for each storage unit (SSD, HDD, and external drives).

I can also see a drive's total space and free space from within Files (actually nautilus).

How do I do it on this tablet?

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1 Answers

  1. I am afraid that I don't have an SD card to hand and so can't test my M10 using Nautilus.

    Have you installed any software on your M10? I just checked and I could install gnome-disk-utility. That might be your best bet since you are already comfortable using it.

    To install it you will first need to create a container. If you haven't done this before it's best to do it by ssh'ing into the machine [see answer here for and explanation].

    This container will be called '4installs'.

    libertine-container-manager create -i 4installs

    To install the application:

    libertine-container-manager install-package -p gnome-disk-utility -i 4installs

    Now Disks will be available to use.

    Alternatively you can check this info in the Terminal app:

    df -h

    will list all the filesystem partitions, their size and available space and where they are mounted.

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