indeed, I just moved up from 160GB to 250GB disk as I was running out of space !
On Jan 5, 7:23 am, Rob Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > The system itself uses a percentage of disc space for its file system > databases and such. I've noticed that Ubuntu's Disk Usage Analyzer is not > always accurate either. GParted is a far better indicator of free vs. used > space, at least in my limited experience. I have one machine with a 120GB > hard drive that Disk Usage Analyzer reported as being over 200GB capacity. Go > figure. > > It is not uncommon at all for file corruption to occur when you fill your > machine's drive to capacity and beyond. Files get loaded into memory, and > when the system tries to write them back to the disc, there's no room left, > so when the system shuts down, RAM gets cleared and they are lost. > > I would recommend deleting some files to open up some working space and then > start copying files off to another drive, perhaps a USB external hard drive. > I just recently picked up a 250GB 2.5" WD USB drive for $80.00USD. > Eventually, I would recommend burning files to CD-R or DVD, but not until you > have some space available so you don't run into buffer orverflow issues. > > Good luck. > > Rob Smith > Posted via WinMobile 6.1 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sim Roo <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 2:14 PM > To: Ubuntu Linux <[email protected]> > Subject: 50GB of space disappeared > > Firefox suddenly lost all my bookmarks....I found that I had no space > left on my partition ! > > disk usage analyzer tells me that "/" is 136.9 GB and 100% usage, but > Total FS capacity is 183.3 GB > > gparted tells me that /dev/sda1 is 186.26 GB and 185.55 GB is used > > so it seems 50 GB has disappeared......does anyone understand this ?? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ubuntu Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ubuntulinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
