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Asked: 2017-06-23 01:51:44 +0800 CST

Is my partition to small?

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My machine popped a message saying that it was maybe lacking space (I didn't did a screenshot but next time it comes I share it with you). It lead to the following window :

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I followed a tutorial to dual-boot with linux and windows. I guess I have to augment my partition but as far as it is the first time I see this I wanted to get your opinion about the situation.

Here is df -h output :

:~$ df -h

Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev            3,9G     0  3,9G   0% /dev
tmpfs           790M  9,6M  780M   2% /run
/dev/sda5        14G   13G  695M  95% /
tmpfs           3,9G   56M  3,9G   2% /dev/shm
tmpfs           5,0M  4,0K  5,0M   1% /run/lock
tmpfs           3,9G     0  3,9G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/sda6        75G   10G   62G  14% /home
tmpfs           790M   88K  790M   1% /run/user/1000

And the output of the second command I was asked to provide :

/var/www/projet/mooc-symfony$ sudo lsblk -o name,mountpoint,label,size,fstype,uuid&&sudo parted -l
NAME   MOUNTPOINT LABEL         SIZE FSTYPE UUID
sr0                            1024M        
sda                           931,5G        
├─sda4                            1K        
├─sda2            System Reserved
│                               500M ntfs   280C675A0C672254
├─sda7 [SWAP]                   9,4G swap   0e5ab055-f87a-4b00-a4bf-52ab27d9bab6
├─sda5 /                       14,3G ext4   880ac302-9f73-48ad-9883-375b31892f3b
├─sda3                        830,6G ntfs   6A546B90546B5DB7
├─sda1                          487M ext2   5c5ebf21-292d-43d4-91e6-56521da8a4a1
└─sda6 /home                   76,3G ext4   dfbf1fc2-764a-4d76-801a-06d2e6e1b707
Model: ATA TOSHIBA MQ01ABD1 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags: 

Number  Start   End     Size    Type      File system     Flags
 1      1049kB  512MB   511MB   primary   ext2
 2      512MB   1036MB  524MB   primary   ntfs            boot
 3      1036MB  893GB   892GB   primary   ntfs
 4      893GB   1000GB  107GB   extended
 5      893GB   908GB   15,4GB  logical   ext4
 6      908GB   990GB   81,9GB  logical   ext4
 7      990GB   1000GB  10,1GB  logical   linux-swap(v1)
dual-boot

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    According to the image ou posted, your root, "/", partition is 13.2GB. It's full. 13 Gis is a very small partition for any operating system. Just browsing the internet with a browser will involve images that can easily add up to a couple of gigs if you spend enough time on the computer.

    You can install the OS on 13 Gigs, but in a short period of time, you'll want to install various applications and tools based on your interest. Each application you install will take up space.

    If you save pictures from your camera, that can take up a lot of space also.

    I would think for very moderate use, the root partition should be at least 50 Gigs to have space to work and be able to shuffle files you want to keep or delete as you use your system. If your personal space (your /home) folder is on the same partition, you probably should have at least 50 gigs for your personal files.

    Short answer:

    Yes.

    In direct response, your 13G partition is too small for normal computer use. I would recommend at least a combined 100G (personal space and the root OS) for normal computer use.

    Many people put their personal space (/home) on a separate partition. If that's case, you should have at least 50G for the /root partition and 50G for the /home partitions. If they are on the same partition (having just one partition for Ubuntu) the one partition should be 100G. Otherwise, you will continue to experience the space issue you are describing.

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