Arch Linux (and other distro) dnt recognize the real size HD

drudox · 09-01-2016, 10:24 AM

I've got a problem with linux (several distro) under celeron N3050 with 340GB HD.

linux see the HD block size as 512kb but this is 2048kb (as gparted sayd when i try to lunch it )

look the result of df -h

Code:

 marco@Hp-Arch ~$ df -h
File system     Dim. Usati Dispon. Uso% Montato su
dev             929M     0    929M   0% /dev
run             933M  824K    932M   1% /run
/dev/sda4       9,3G  5,4G    3,4G  62% /
tmpfs           933M  4,0M    929M   1% /dev/shm
tmpfs           933M     0    933M   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs           933M  4,0K    933M   1% /tmp
/dev/sda5       9,2G  1,2G    7,6G  14% /home
tmpfs           187M   28K    187M   1% /run/user/1000

how can I fix it ??? pls help ! tnx in advance

ondoho · 09-01-2016, 12:37 PM

please post output of

Code:

sudo fdisk -l

drudox · 09-01-2016, 01:25 PM

Code:

Disk /dev/sda: 29,1 GiB, 31268536320 bytes, 61071360 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 9F3CC1A2-FA21-4BF4-A9EB-EC30DE1AF5D3

Dispositivo    Start     Fine  Settori  Size Tipo
/dev/sda1       2048  1050623  1048576  512M EFI System
/dev/sda2    1050624 19929087 18878464    9G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda3   59664384 61069311  1404928  686M Linux swap
/dev/sda4   19929088 39856127 19927040  9,5G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda5   39856128 59664383 19808256  9,5G Linux filesystem

Partition table entries are not in disk order.

Timothy Miller · 09-01-2016, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by drudox

Code:

Disk /dev/sda: 29,1 GiB, 31268536320 bytes, 61071360 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 9F3CC1A2-FA21-4BF4-A9EB-EC30DE1AF5D3

Dispositivo    Start     Fine  Settori  Size Tipo
/dev/sda1       2048  1050623  1048576  512M EFI System
/dev/sda2    1050624 19929087 18878464    9G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda3   59664384 61069311  1404928  686M Linux swap
/dev/sda4   19929088 39856127 19927040  9,5G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda5   39856128 59664383 19808256  9,5G Linux filesystem

Partition table entries are not in disk order.

That's identical (totally identical bytes) to my 32 GB drive in terms of the size it's seeing. Are you sure there isn't some issues with this drive that it's seeing 1/10th the capacity, or that you didn't misread the capacity and it's a 32 not a 340 (which is an odd size)?

Is this a lower-end laptop/chromebook/cloudbook?

drudox · 09-01-2016, 02:43 PM

not sure about

... but only 32 Gb ??? what can i do with it ???

Timothy Miller · 09-01-2016, 03:02 PM

Most linux distro's take ~5 GB for a full desktop installation, and if you ran a lightweight DE even less, and a simple WM even less than that. So you can run just about anything you want on it.

I just recently got rid of a laptop that has a 16 GB hard drive, and was running a full KDE install, had a 4 GB swap (4 GB ram), and still had ~5 GB free space.

My most commonly used laptop is running Arch with a full KDE desktop, 4 GB swap (again, 4 GB ram), with a 32 GB drive (eMMC), and have over 8 GB free space on my /home drive (and that's with a 4+ GB oracle database update files setting in my /home due to not being able to download on my work pc).

ondoho · 09-02-2016, 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drudox

not sure about

... but only 32 Gb ??? what can i do with it ???

no problem!
plenty of space for linux, software, games...
just don't store tons of HD movies.

Mitt Green · 09-02-2016, 01:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drudox

not sure about

... but only 32 Gb ??? what can i do with it ???

Minimum requirements.