[SOLVED] What's going on with my hard drive?

chetjordan2002 · 05-31-2010, 12:18 PM

Hello again, I am posting here because I couldn't figure out what section it actually belonged in. Anyway, I have a 320GB hard drive in my HP TX2-1020US and would like to use a partition manager to allocate more space to my Linux partition. I tried using one on my Win 7 partition but couldn't figure out which one was my Linux. So, I got the idea to load up Linux and find out what the total space was for Filesystem. The properties told me I am using 120 TB on a 320 GB drive. How is this possible? And what do I need to look for in order to even know how much space is actually available? The properties show 7.8 GB free space but I don't know if I can trust that. Thank you in advanced for any help anyone may provide.

harry edwards · 05-31-2010, 12:32 PM

PartMagic provides a bootable CD (Live-CD) designed to help manipulate partitions. I'd recommend using this.

chetjordan2002 · 05-31-2010, 12:52 PM

Well I have Partition Wizard on my Win 7 partition but I can't see the Linux file system, that I'm aware of anyway. So do I need to have a bootable cd in order to see the linux partition?

jamescondron · 05-31-2010, 01:18 PM

On windows to actually mount and interact with the Linux partition (Which I believe is what you want, forgive me if it isn't) you'll need to look at the Unix Tools for Windows package provided by Microsoft. This may help: http://www.howtoforge.com/access-lin...s-from-windows

chetjordan2002 · 05-31-2010, 04:29 PM

Hmmm...not quite. What I'm wanting to do is take space from my windows partition and give it to my linux partition

jamescondron · 05-31-2010, 05:36 PM

Yes, but you need Windows to be able to see and read the partition first

chrism01 · 05-31-2010, 06:37 PM

Quote:

What I'm wanting to do is take space from my windows partition and give it to my linux partition

In that case, it's a multi-step process

0. BACKUP all important docs etc just in case. You shouldn't need to do this, but its advisable just in case.

1. defrag MS (use MS menu tool); this will tidy up and move most stuff to the 'front' of the MS partition

2. I believe MS has a partition tool, use this to shrink the MS partition.

3a. To see ALL the disk you'll need something like gparted or maybe just use the 'linux rescue' mode on an install media for Linux. The cmd then is 'fdisk'.

3b. In fact, most modern Linux installs will ask during the install if you want to specify partitions or take the default.
Take the 'ask' (manual layout) route and it'll show you the whole disk. You can then specify what you layout you want and where to put stuff.

harry edwards · 06-01-2010, 01:30 PM

This type of task is pretty easy in PartMagic, honest.

chetjordan2002 · 06-05-2010, 08:39 AM

I think we've missed the main point of my post here. The issue isn't so much the partitioning. The issue is Linux is telling me I'm using 120 TB in my filesystem leaving me with no way to know what is actually allocated from the drive and no way to know how much of that space I'm actually using.

harry edwards · 06-05-2010, 09:28 AM

What in Linux is telling you this? Do you have output from the command, or, are you using one of the many Linux GUIs that can tell you the disk properties.

Can you post the output to

Code:

fdisk -l
df -h
lshw (if installed)

And, any other commands of relevance.

chetjordan2002 · 06-05-2010, 09:21 PM

Code:

Warning: Unable to open /dev/sr0 read-write (Read-only file system).  /dev/sr0 has been opened read-only.
Error: /dev/sr0: unrecognised disk labe
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda6              12G  4.8G  6.4G  43% /
none                  1.9G  364K  1.9G   1% /dev
none                  1.9G  256K  1.9G   1% /dev/shm
none                  1.9G  332K  1.9G   1% /var/run
none                  1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /var/lock
none                  1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /lib/init/rw
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
chet-laptop               
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             vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
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             version: 00
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             resources: irq:26 memory:d1100000-d11fffff
           *-network
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                product: BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller
                vendor: Broadcom Corporation
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:08:00.0
                logical name: eth1
                version: 01
                serial: 00:21:00:b4:f4:d3
                width: 64 bits
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                configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=5.60.48.36 ip=192.168.0.125 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
                resources: irq:17 memory:d1100000-d1103fff
        *-pci:3
             description: PCI bridge
             product: RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 2)
             vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
             physical id: 6
             bus info: pci@0000:00:06.0
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
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             configuration: driver=pcieport
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           *-network
                description: Ethernet interface
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                logical name: eth0
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             version: 00
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             vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
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             version: 00
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             capabilities: bus_master
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        *-usb:1
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             version: 00
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             vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
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             capabilities: bus_master cap_list
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             vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
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             vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
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             vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
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             vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
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             vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
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             vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
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             vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
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             version: 00
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             capabilities: bus_master
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          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
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          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
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          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
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          description: Host bridge
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          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
          physical id: 105
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          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
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  *-scsi
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       configuration: driver=usb-storage

I was right-clicking filesystem and clicking properties. It appears, if I'm reading these results correctly, that I have 12G of space with 4.8G free. Is this correct?

FredGSanford · 06-05-2010, 10:07 PM

This seems to be your root drive:

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on

/dev/sda6 12G 4.8G 6.4G 43% /

With a total size of 12gb, 4.8gb is used and 6.4gb is free space. I'm not seeing any type of swap partition either. I don't see anything showing 120TB.

chetjordan2002 · 06-05-2010, 11:47 PM

I see now...thank you. As I stated before, the 120TB shows up when I right click and click properties like you would in windows. I'm still in my infancy of learning Linux so I was unaware of the commands that Harry posted. Thank you all for your help

happytony · 03-02-2012, 07:14 AM

He means this 1 which i m facing also. for 80G HD show 120TB.
any1 know?
Thanks

happytony · 03-02-2012, 07:15 AM

how to post picture? i do have the screen shoot.