Need to add more space, no idea how
I ran out of space and i have no idea how to add just a few gigs more. please help thanks
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If this is a matter of "disk space," a-n-d i-f you configured Linux with "LVM = Logical Volume Management" support, then the matter is easy: you install a new drive, add it to a physical storage pool, then allocate all or part of its space to a logical volume. Resize the filesystem upward and you're done.
But unfortunately, if you aren't using LVM . . . |
If you are talking about storage you might try a second hard drive or a larger primary drive. A cheaper solution might be a USB stick.
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Welcome to LinuxQuestions.
Without knowing how your drive(s) are currently configured and what you mean by a few gigs it is a bit difficult to help. As indicated there are many ways to add space. Please post the output of the commands: df -h lsblk |
What is the output of these two commands:
Code:
fdisk -l Code:
cat /etc/*release* |
Likely a USB drive of some sort. :)
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If it is a working machine, you could try to get some more diskspace, by deleting tmp files or snapshots. I am using Snapper, which creates automatic snapshots of the system. By default it maintains about 10 images of the system. Each one taking several GBs. Hence deleting like 5 of them and change settings so that only 5 are kept (or even less), did free up large amounts of space for me at times.
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delete old files you really do not need, or move them on to another medium for safe keeping.
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depending on the Linux System being used,
- it may have Disk Useage Analyer ( Baobab ) installed, which will tell you what directory / folder(s) have the most stored in them. then use that information, to either: - delete some files. - move some files, to a USB stick / HDD |
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