just upgraded to mint 19 need more space please make suggestions

xstation108 · 05-24-2019, 10:47 AM

just upgrade to mint 19 64 bit but need more space from the links below can u tell me if extened partition can be joined to make more room

https://pasteboard.co/IgbuGvM.png

this is more detailed and shows detailed partition types/sizes

http://paste.debian.net/1082901/

this is a snapshot size but can be deleted

https://paste.debian.net/1082903/

now here is what i have found----from debian paste bin 1082901

ID-3: /home/amma size: 909G used: 28G (4%) fs: ecryptfs dev: N/A

so 909-28=881 free space?

ID-2: /boot size: 236M used: 197M (89%) fs: ext2 dev: /dev/sda1

dido

so how to use gparted from graphical interface to make space please

syg00 · 05-24-2019, 06:04 PM

Yet another example of the xyproblem

Tell us what your (perceived) problem is, then maybe someone can provide an answer that actually makes sense.

xstation108 · 05-24-2019, 10:34 PM

Well it seems l do not have enough space and want to know if this is the case and if so what to do IE delete the the snapshot? Am l missing something here? Not understanding something

syg00 · 05-24-2019, 11:39 PM

Not enough pace for what ?.
Your mint install has almost all of that 1T free and usable.

So we still don't know why you think you have a problem. Run this.

Code:

df -hT

hydrurga · 05-25-2019, 05:20 AM

The OP may be concerned at the lack of free space in the /boot partition and wants to grab some of the rest of the disk space to increase the size of that partition.

xstation108 · 05-25-2019, 09:45 AM

Thank you for telling me that free space is available . Looking at my first post in this thread and looking at the first URL in that thread PNG image of gparted GUI how would l create more space on my hard drive as l notice when apt-get is trying to install a new kernel l get a message that there is not enough space. I use the word space (space means mb/GB on hard drive. Please forgive my explanation not being clear

syg00 · 05-25-2019, 09:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xstation108

l notice when apt-get is trying to install a new kernel l get a message that there is not enough space.

This is what we needed to know - and should have been included in your first post.
As hydrurga suggested, you need to free up space in your boot partition - which will not be trivial to take from elsewhere. Mint tends to keep many old kernels - simplest to remove them probably. Run this command and post the output in your reply - don't paste it online where it might expire like the above links.

Code:

ls /boot

hydrurga · 05-26-2019, 05:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by syg00

This is what we needed to know - and should have been included in your first post.
As hydrurga suggested, you need to free up space in your boot partition - which will not be trivial to take from elsewhere. Mint tends to keep many old kernels - simplest to remove them probably. Run this command and post the output in your reply - don't paste it online where it might expire like the above links.

Code:

ls /boot

Just a note that Mint 19.x now keeps two kernels, the current one and the previous one. However, I've noticed that you sometimes have to use apt-get --purge autoremove to properly get rid of any previous ones. In saying that, the OP mentions a upgrade, so perhaps there are other kernels there which are remnants from the previous version which weren't deleted during the upgrade.

Code:

dpkg -l "linux-image-*" | grep -v "^un"
dpkg -l "linux-headers-*" | grep -v "^un"
dpkg -l "linux-modules-*" | grep -v "^un"

should provide further diagnostic info in addition to the ls -l /boot.

syg00 · 05-26-2019, 06:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hydrurga

Just a note that Mint 19.x now keeps two kernels, the current one and the previous one.

Nope. My new-build 19.1 Tessa retains (currently) 5 kernels and associated "bits". The initrd are the main space consumers.

hydrurga · 05-26-2019, 06:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by syg00

Nope. My new-build 19.1 Tessa retains (currently) 5 kernels and associated "bits". The initrd are the main space consumers.

Well that's intriguing because my 19.1 MATE build retains 2.

Just for info, here's the code that does that: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal