I recently formatted my hdd to increase the partition size for Ubuntu. Despite the actual 170 GB free space (sda5), Ubuntu shows only 27 GB when prompted via properties. Here is my df-h output:
alper@ubuntu:~$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/loop0 29G 3.1G 26G 11% /
udev 956M 4.0K 956M 1% /dev
tmpfs 386M 884K 385M 1% /run
none 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock
none 965M 80K 965M 1% /run/shm
/dev/sda5 173G 5.0G 169G 3% /host
/dev/sdb1 932G 439G 493G 48% /media/Alper
/dev/sda4 173G 66G 107G 39% /media/Storage
/dev/sda2 120G 85G 36G 71% /media/Windows 7
Gparted also shows the correct space values, but when I right click on home or file system, it shows 27 GB and does not let me copy necessary files (about 100 GB total). I tried previous "missing disk space" solutions around here but couldn't fix the problem. Hope someone can help.
Thanks in advance
Best Answer
When installed using wubi (the Windows installer) the file system is limited to 30GB max, no matter what the target partition is. If you want to use more space, in fact, if you plan on using Ubuntu for anything other then testing, do a proper installation.