Disk full after eeebuntu install causing lots of problems

grindboy · **Joined:** Tue Sep 16, 2008 5:40 pm **Posts:** 38

Hi Guys.

OK I've installed eeebuntu onto my eee 900 however I've now figured out that my disk is full! I know that Xandros has something to link the 2 disks together but eeebuntu seems to be treating the 4gb disk as the be all and end all. I can't for the life of me remember what the program is called but is it possible for me to install it so that eeebuntu will see the 900's 2 drives as one 20gb drive or have I basically buggered my eee.

Having a full disk causes the gnome panel to crash or quit when I click on the shutdown icon. Firefox doesn't store passwords and I cannot navigate through my history (so back and forwards don't work) and probably other problems I haven't found yet!

Please help!

Many thanks

Grindboy

Guitaraholic · **Posted:** Sat Sep 27, 2008 9:56 pm

bad news that!!

what it sounds like is when youve installed youve just put everything on the one drive using the standard format proceedure.

what you should have done is possibly point the /home directory or the /usr directory on your other hdd.this would fix your issues.

grindboy · **Joined:** Tue Sep 16, 2008 5:40 pm **Posts:** 38

OK so reinstall and select the 16GB drive for /home and /usr and that will solve my problem?

Guitaraholic · **Posted:** Sat Sep 27, 2008 10:32 pm

well if you mount your /home on the other drive this is where all your docs and music etc will go...

your /usr hold most of the data used for your programmes so if you install ALOT of programs you could also mount this here.

on my eee i have a 8 gig and a 32gig.
I only have the home on my 32 and the swap

everything else is on the 8gig and it runs fine.

grindboy · **Joined:** Tue Sep 16, 2008 5:40 pm **Posts:** 38

What sort of size should I make /usr? Is 2(ish)GB enough?

http://www.linuxsa.org.au/tips/disk-partitioning.html suggests 1.5GB for a normal install I'm only going to be installing Tomboy (unless it comes with eeebuntu?!?)

I've gone with 2GB for /usr because my my Ubuntu desktop is currently using 2.5GB and it has more programs on it than I know what to do with!

Clever EEEbuntu! It figured out how much I'd need and forced me to have more than 2015MB so I've gone with 2020MB just to be sure!

grindboy · **Joined:** Tue Sep 16, 2008 5:40 pm **Posts:** 38

OK this isn't working :-(

I've tried to install twice now and each time I get to 69% and I get told there is not enough drive space. How is that possible? Can I simply install on the 4GB SSD and then move /home to the 16GB ssd using the instructions here:
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/separatehome

Guitaraholic · **Posted:** Sun Sep 28, 2008 7:38 pm

yea that would work.....

although it should really let ya move it when your formatting.

give the guide a try and it should fix your issue.

grindboy · **Joined:** Tue Sep 16, 2008 5:40 pm **Posts:** 38

OK, I'll give it a go :-)

grindboy · **Joined:** Tue Sep 16, 2008 5:40 pm **Posts:** 38

OK problem solved. I installed it on the 16GB drive! Yes I know it's slower and that now it'll wear out quicker but at least it boots! :-)

Guitaraholic · **Posted:** Mon Sep 29, 2008 4:47 pm

no worries glad to hear !

all this stuff about ruining your ssd.

A group on another forum did the maths and to wear out your SSD you would need to use your laptop 6hrs a day for 25 years!?!?

so it shows its unlikely to die by the time u give up with the notebook

grindboy · **Joined:** Tue Sep 16, 2008 5:40 pm **Posts:** 38

Cool! Thank you for your help :-)

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