sdA 8gB disc space limited on eeePC and no access to 32 gB sdB
 

Am proud to report I managed to install Ubuntu 12.04 on my eeePC 1000H and carry out a number of post-install tweaks. All appears to be working fine.

My eeePC shows drives sda and sdb, approx. 8gB and 32gB respectively. I installed Ubuntu on sda and the larger drive, sdb is to all intents and purposes empty. This is where the issues begin...

1.) I am warned with a message window that space on sda is limited ie: 150mB remaining etc. The suggestion is to store files etc elsewhere. I have backed up on an external drive so in fact pretty much all that is on my netbook at the moment is the OS itself and my e-mail folders (using Evolution).

2.) I am unable to create folders or even to access the larger sdb, warned that I do not have priveliges to do so. So creating folders where I can store my files/data on sdb is not currently an option.

3.) My /home folder is on the smaller drive and I am guessing any document saved or any off-line accessible e-mail storage will happen somewhere on this smaller drive, using the limited space remaining.

I would appreciate advice on how to access - if possible - the second, larger drive on my eeePC. Ideally I would like to to learn:

1.) how to change the path for my Home folder, so that it is on the larger drive and;
2.) how to change the path for storage of my e-mail files on Evolution so that this is also on the larger drive.

Thanks in advance for advice and do let me know if more info is required.
ZW

Hi,

The home folder is stored in the /etc/passwd directory.
To move your home:
- create a new folder wherever you want
- move files from your current home to your new folder
as root
- backup the /etc/passwd
- in the /etc/passwd file, change the folder corresponding to your user (2nd string from the end)
- log off and log in

Your sdb drive is pobably mounted with wrong options.
- Have you npts-3g tools installed ?
- What is the result of "cat /etc/fstab" command ?
- What is the result of "fdisk -l" launched as root ?

Regards

What is sdb? An internal disk?
You can probably free up some space by running sudo apt-get clean; this will clean up apt's cache.

Make sure that you preserve the permissions when using the above; you do NOT want your files in the new home directory to be owned by root.