[ubuntu-uk] Dual-Boot Issue

[Anthony Harrington]

On 02/01/14 13:45, Nigel Verity wrote:
> Hi
>
> I dual boot Xubuntu with Windows 7, but use the Windows partition
> mainly as additional storage. I am generally running out of disk space
> on both Linux and Windows partitions. I do have occasional need for
> Windows, so giving that partition entirely over to Linux is not an option.
>
> Does anybody know whether I will still be able to view and access
> files stored in the Windows partition if I compress it using the MS
> utility built into Windows Explorer?
>
> Thanks
>
> Nige
>
>
Aside from the suggestions already mentioned, there will be a few other
tweaks you can do on either partitions. For the linux one, you might
like to know that 5% of the filesystem is put to the side incase root
needs a little extra space when the disk drive is marked as 'full', so
you can still carry out functions. On a 1TB HDD we're talking a LOT of
space being reserved for this (50GB!) and it makes sense to reduce the
amount or even take it away completely.

Quote: /Reserved space is least useful on large filesystems with static
content that are not critical to the basic functionality of the
operating system. In such cases it is quite reasonable to reduce the
reservation to zero. Filesystems that may be better left with the
default 5% include those containing the directories //|/|//,
//|/root|//, //|/var|//, //|/tmp|//, and (preferably) //|/home|//./

For example, i've left mine at 0.1% for now.

You need only find where the linux partition is by using *sudo fdisk -l*
and looking for which /dev/ is marked as "Linux" (probably under
"extended") e.g. mine looks like:

/dev/sda1       HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2       Extended
/dev/sda5       Linux
/dev/sda6       Linux swap / Solaris

then you do *sudo tune2fs -m 0.1 /dev/sda5* changing that 0.1 to the
percentage desired. Have a look in 'system monitor' before and after to
watch the available space go up!

Hope this proves useful,

Anthony

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