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disk space issue

Asked by shanker

my disk space free is 14 gb,but while pasting a large file of 02 gb an onscreen mesaage says memory left is 500 mb

the 14 gb free space shows in about this computer

please help me if i can expand the disk or move files to external hdd

 warm regards

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#1

What is the output of the following terminal commands:

uname -a
lsb_release -a
df -h
df -I
dpkg -l | grep linux-image
dpkg -l | grep linux-header

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shanker (shetty-shanker) said : 		#2

anup@anup-G41M-Combo:~$ uname -a
Linux anup-G41M-Combo 3.13.0-30-generic #55-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 4 21:43:42 UTC 2014 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
anup@anup-G41M-Combo:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty
anup@anup-G41M-Combo:~$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda6 14G 13G 158M 99% /
none 4.0K 0 4.0K 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
udev 998M 4.0K 998M 1% /dev
tmpfs 202M 1.3M 201M 1% /run
none 5.0M 4.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock
none 1008M 968K 1007M 1% /run/shm
none 100M 44K 100M 1% /run/user
/dev/sda1 113G 43G 71G 38% /media/anup/New Volume
/dev/sdb2 75G 59G 17G 79% /media/anup/56EEB108EEB0E183
anup@anup-G41M-Combo:~$ df -I
df: invalid option -- 'I'
Try 'df --help' for more information.
anup@anup-G41M-Combo:~$ dpkg -l | grep linux-image
rc linux-image-3.13.0-24-generic 3.13.0-24.47 i386 Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 32 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-3.13.0-29-generic 3.13.0-29.53 i386 Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 32 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-3.13.0-30-generic 3.13.0-30.55 i386 Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 32 bit x86 SMP
rc linux-image-extra-3.13.0-24-generic 3.13.0-24.47 i386 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 32 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-29-generic 3.13.0-29.53 i386 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 32 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-30-generic 3.13.0-30.55 i386 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 32 bit x86 SMP
anup@anup-G41M-Combo:~$ dpkg -l | grep linux-header

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shanker (shetty-shanker) said : 		#3

anup@anup-G41M-Combo:~$ uname -a
Linux anup-G41M-Combo 3.13.0-30-generic #55-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 4 21:43:42 UTC 2014 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
anup@anup-G41M-Combo:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty
anup@anup-G41M-Combo:~$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda6 14G 13G 158M 99% /
none 4.0K 0 4.0K 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
udev 998M 4.0K 998M 1% /dev
tmpfs 202M 1.3M 201M 1% /run
none 5.0M 4.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock
none 1008M 968K 1007M 1% /run/shm
none 100M 44K 100M 1% /run/user
/dev/sda1 113G 43G 71G 38% /media/anup/New Volume
/dev/sdb2 75G 59G 17G 79% /media/anup/56EEB108EEB0E183
anup@anup-G41M-Combo:~$ df -I
df: invalid option -- 'I'
Try 'df --help' for more information.
anup@anup-G41M-Combo:~$ dpkg -l | grep linux-image
rc linux-image-3.13.0-24-generic 3.13.0-24.47 i386 Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 32 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-3.13.0-29-generic 3.13.0-29.53 i386 Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 32 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-3.13.0-30-generic 3.13.0-30.55 i386 Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 32 bit x86 SMP
rc linux-image-extra-3.13.0-24-generic 3.13.0-24.47 i386 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 32 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-29-generic 3.13.0-29.53 i386 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 32 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-30-generic 3.13.0-30.55 i386 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 32 bit x86 SMP
anup@anup-G41M-Combo:~$ dpkg -l | grep linux-header

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On Wed, 3/9/14, Manfred Hampl <email address hidden> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Question #254013]: disk space issue
 To: <email address hidden>
 Date: Wednesday, 3 September, 2014, 1:08 PM

 Your question #254013 on Ubuntu
 changed:
 https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/254013

     Status: Open => Needs information

 Manfred Hampl requested more information:
 What is the output of the following terminal commands:

 uname -a
 lsb_release -a
 df -h
 df -I
 dpkg -l | grep linux-image
 dpkg -l | grep linux-header

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

What is the output of :

df -i

Thanks

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#5

Important part of your output:

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
 /dev/sda6 14G 13G 158M 99% /
 /dev/sda1 113G 43G 71G 38% /media/anup/New Volume
 /dev/sdb2 75G 59G 17G 79% /media/anup/56EEB108EEB0E183

Your Ubuntu system is installed on /dev/sda6, which is a 14 GB file system, which is almost full (just 158 MB left).
You have an additional file system "New Volume" on /dev/sda1 which is 113 GB size, with 71 GB free.
And there is a file system on another medium /dev/sdb2 which has also 17 GB free (out of 75 GB)

So there is not enough space left on the main file system (that is the root file system with all program packages, and including your home directory and the directories below) for a 2 GB file. But there is space on the other file systems, so you should be able to copy the file(s) there.

The output of the dpkg commands does not indicate redundant kernel packages installed, so I do not see a quick possibility for freeing up more space on the root file system. Maybe you can move some of the files from your home directory to another file system to free up space?

(Sorry for a typo error in my first posting it should have been "df -i", but due to the results of the other commands, the output of that command is not required any more.)

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shanker (shetty-shanker) said : 		#6

thanks a lot

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shanker (shetty-shanker) said : 		#7

problem solved
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On Wed, 3/9/14, actionparsnip <email address hidden> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Question #254013]: disk space issue
 To: <email address hidden>
 Date: Wednesday, 3 September, 2014, 1:22 PM

 Your question #254013 on Ubuntu
 changed:
 https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/254013

     Status: Open => Needs information

 actionparsnip requested more information:
 What is the output of :

 df -i

 Thanks

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