Out of Space

[Richard Barmann]

One disk is 75.53 Gib and the other is 149.xx . I had a Kubuntu 16.04 
32Bit and a Ubuntu 16.04 32 Bit. I have downloaded and burned a Kubuntu 
16.04  64 Bit and a Ubuntu 16.04  64 Bit. This is what I want to install 
and I have saved what I need and the remove should solve my space 
problem. There is a Kubuntu 15.04 that I want to get rid of. That is the 
third program. Do you want me to try to take better pictures and resend 
them?

Do I wipe the disks after inserting the Ubuntu disk?


On 08/06/2016 02:01 PM, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 6 August 2016 at 18:58, Richard Barmann <reb at barmannsbar.com> wrote:
>> http://s1244.photobucket.com/user/reb1932/slideshow/
>
> OK.
>
> Your photos of the GParted screen are at a strange angle and do not
> show the whole of the program window. I can't see the size of the 1st
> disk.
>
> I think you have 2 disks, correct?
>
> One of about 250GB, and a second of about 75GB?
>
> On disk #1:
>
> You appear to have 4 *primary* partitions. If the disk is under 2TB,
> which it appears to be, then it is partitioned with MBR. This allows a
> maximum of 4 primary partitions. To have more, you would have to
> remove one, make an *extended* partition, and inside that, make
> logical partitions.
>
> You have a swap partition and 3 (probably) root partitions.
>
> On disk 2, you have:
>
> 4 additional Linux partitions.
> And /another/ swap partition.
>
> I advise Googling all these terms and studying them closely before you
> do anything. Wikipedia is a good source.
>
>  From the boot menu, which is not entirely readable, because for that
> one you held the camera far from the screen and the text is too small
> for me to read, you appear to have 3 different versions of Ubuntu
> installed: 15.04, 16.04 and an illegible one at the top.
>
> All of these have their own root partitions and a mess of data partitions.
>
> This is a complicated, tangled mess, to be frank, and while I don't
> know how you got into it, I am not surprised you are confused.
>
> Without knowing exactly what is installed where on your machine, it's
> not possible to untangle the mess remotely. It's too complicated.
>
> Use "try Ubuntu" mode and run Gparted. Create all your new partitions
> using it. DO NOT try to use the built-in partitioner in the setup
> program, it's not capable enough, and whatever you do, use manual
> partitioning and do not allow the system to attempt to do it itself,
> as you will get a mess like this again.
>
> Here is what I would advise:
>
> Start again. Backup, wipe, reload.
>
> [1] Back up all your data to an external drive or 2. Ideally, make 2
> copies of everything. USB2 drives are very cheap now. A 1TB drive will
> be $50 or so.
>
> [2] Boot from a new fresh Ubuntu 16.04 live CD.
>
> [3] Remove *all* partitions.
>
> THIS WILL ERASE ALL YOUR DATA AND PROGRAMS. BACK UP EVERYTHING *FIRST*.
>
> [4] Make the following new partitions:
>
> Disk #1:
>
> /dev/sda1 ... /boot ... 2GB
> /dev/sda2 ... extended... all remaining space
> /dev/sda5 ... /home ... *inside* /dev/sda2 ... all remaining space
>
> Disk #2
>
> /dev/sdb1 ... extended...
> /dev/sdb5 ... inside /dev/sdb1 ... 66GB... / (the root filesystem
> where Ubuntu will live)
> /dev/sdb6 ... inside /dev/sdb1 ... 8GB ... swap
>
> It's more space than you need for root, but this config give you the
> maximum possible space for your own data on disk #1 -- you will have
> about 240-245GB.
>
> If you want to keep it even simpler, you do not *need* the separate
> /boot partition and can omit it.
>
> If you want to have 2 copies of Ubuntu, you could split the space on
> disk 2 into 2 equal-sized root partitions and share all the other
> partitions (swap and home) between the 2 installations. I have done
> this, and it works fine.
>