diskspace

[Bob]

** Reply to message from Zahid Rahman <zahidr1000 at gmail.com> on Sun, 3 May 2020
04:23:17 +0000

> Hi,
> 
> *Can you please explain something that has always confused me about free
> space.*
> 
> *I have a usb with the linux operating system on it.*
> 
> *So I know  I have 57.3 GB free space on my usb /dev/sdb.*
> sudo  fdisk -l says :
> Disk /dev/sdb: 57.31 GiB, 61530439680 bytes, 120176640 sectors

I am not an expert but my understanding is the 57.31 is not free space but the
size of /dev/sdb.


> Disk model: Ultra
> Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> Disklabel type: dos
> Disk identifier: 0x2259da88
> 
> 
> 
> *if I select /home directory in the file manager it say  *
> *1 item, Free space 3.8 GB .*
> 
> *When I select /home directory should it not say*
> 
> *  1 item 57.3 Free space ?*
> 
> *if select I   /home/Download it still says*
> 
> * free space 3.8 GB *
> *again I expect to see 57.3 free space.*
> 
> *what is this figure of 3.8 GB mean and how can I change it ?*
> 
> * the output saying here  with a listing of directories and used and free
> space of e.g.  3.9 GB /dev*
> df -h
> Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> 
> udev            3.8G     0  3.8G   0% /dev
> 
> tmpfs           784M  9.7M  775M   2% /run
> /dev/sdb1       2.7G  2.7G     0 100% /run/live/medium
> /dev/loop0      2.4G  2.4G     0 100% /run/live/rootfs/filesystem.squashfs
> tmpfs           3.9G   46M  3.8G   2% /run/live/overlay
> overlay         3.9G   46M  3.8G   2% /

Above is the discription of the fields listed.  / size is 3.9G - size, 46M -
used, and 3.8G - Avail.


> tmpfs           3.9G   68M  3.8G   2% /dev/shm
> tmpfs           5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
> tmpfs           3.9G     0  3.9G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
> tmpfs           3.9G  8.0K  3.9G   1% /tmp
> tmpfs           784M   28K  784M   1% /run/user/1000
> /dev/sdb2       716K  692K   24K  97% /media/kali/Kali Live
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