Cannot upgrade anything.. not enough HD free space??

[Meiji]

It says so, but actually I got more than enough free space..

Well, this is my problem:
I just installed Ubuntu, but when I want to make upgrades it shows me a warning message of not enough space. I wanted to Print Screen it, but can't save the file since it also says again I don't have enough free space in disk. So, I'm typing it enterly:

"There's no enough space in disk.

The upgrade needs a total of 110M free space in disk "/". Please, release an aditional space in disk of at least 110M in "/". Empty your trash bin and delete temporal packages from past upgrades using "sudo apt-get clean".

Aditionally, when I try to surf in the Internet, I open Mozilla Firefox, but it show me another message saying security upgrades aren't installed; therefore, I can't surf the Internet due to that. Also, if I try to open the Pidgin Messenger, it just stop working or close itself suddenly and I can't use it.

I have a HD of 60gb, and a slave of 120gb, partitioned in three of 40gb. All of them have at least 3gigs of free space. My computer is a bit old, though I don't think that's the problem, right?

If anyone can help me solve this problem, I'll be really really thankful! Otherwise I'll have to go back to Windows which I don't want. Since my comp is old, Windows takes light-years to load..

Thanks in advance!
Meiji

[taurus]

Post the output of this command from a terminal.

Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal

df -h

[Meiji]

Thanks! This is the output:



S.files Size Used Disp Use% Monted on
/dev/sdb7 2.3G 2.3G 0 100% /
tmpfs 123M 0 123M 0% /lib/init/rw
varrun 123M 104K 123M 1% /var/run
varlock 123M 0 123M 0% /var/lock
udev 123M 164K 123M 1% /dev
tmpfs 123M 76K 123M 1% /dev/shm
lrm 123M 2.4M 121M 2% /lib/modules/2.6.28-11-generic/volatile
overflow 1.0M 16K 1008K 2% /tmp

[taurus]

Thanks! This is the output:



S.files Size Used Disp Use% Monted on
/dev/sdb7 2.3G 2.3G 0 100% /
tmpfs 123M 0 123M 0% /lib/init/rw
varrun 123M 104K 123M 1% /var/run
varlock 123M 0 123M 0% /var/lock
udev 123M 164K 123M 1% /dev
tmpfs 123M 76K 123M 1% /dev/shm
lrm 123M 2.4M 121M 2% /lib/modules/2.6.28-11-generic/volatile
overflow 1.0M 16K 1008K 2% /tmp


Apparently, you only have 2.3GB on a logical partition of the second harddrive as root--/. Therefore, it will run out of space for sure if you install Ubuntu (Gnome) since that would take up about the whole disk space on /dev/sdb7.

What are the outputs of these commands?


sudo fdisk -l
cat /etc/fstab

[Meiji]

Thanks for your help! Here are the other outputs:

(sorry, I have the configuration in Spanish, but I'm trying to translate it =P)

sudo fdisk -l:


meiji@meiji-desktop:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 61.4 GB, 61475807232 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectores/pista, 7474 cilinders
Units = cilinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Identifiers of disk: 0xd1a5d1a5

Disposit. Start Begin End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 7474 60034873+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)

Disk /dev/sdb: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectores/pista, 14593 cilinders
Units = cilinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Identifiers of disk: 0xb661de26

Disposit. Start Begin End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 4962 39857233+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb2 4964 14593 77352975 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sdb5 4964 10164 41777001 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb6 10165 14267 32957316 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb7 14268 14571 2441848+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb8 14572 14593 176683+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
cat /etc/fstab:


meiji@meiji-desktop:~$ cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'vol_id --uuid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# / was on /dev/sdb7 during installation
UUID=ca0b73d8-b31d-43df-9708-7b3b1f0a9c30 / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sdb8 during installation
UUID=54fc7072-c19b-4b6c-932e-2bdbc8b54e22 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0

[taurus]

Looks like most of your disk space is either tight up in fat32 or ntfs. Unless you want to delete /dev/sdb6 and give that space to /dev/sdb7, there is nothing you can do about your Ubuntu since you only gave yourself a small amount of disk space when you installed it.

[Meiji]

Oh, I see... did't realise when I installed it since I'm a newbie in all this.. but ok, some technical questions before going ahead so I can understand what I'm gonna delete =P ...

- Whats '/dev/sdb6' and '/dev/sdb7' ?
- Will I delete information of some partitioned HD I have?
- Will I delete a partition?
- Finally... how do I do that? :o

Very much thanks for your help!

[taurus]

I am probably using the wrong terminology here (but what the heck) but think of your harddrive is divided into sections and each section is call a partition. Currently, you have /dev/sdb1 as the first primary partition (you can only have 4 primary partitions to a harddrive and if you need more than 4, you need to make one of those primaries to extended partition. Then, you can create logical partitions under that extended partition) and 4 logical partitions: /dev/sdb5, /dev/sdb6, /dev/sdb7, & /dev/sdb8 under an extended partition--/dev/sdb2.

Your first harddrive has only one primary partition, /dev/sda1, and it is formatted as fat32/vfat filesystem.

[Meiji]

Ok... I think O.o ... lol Kind of clear actually. I really want Ubunto to work properly, so I can sacrifice /dev/sdb6. How can I delete it and assign that space to /dev/sdb7 ?

[taurus]

If you want to remove /dev/sdb6 and expand /dev/sdb7 to take up that unallocated space, you can use gparted for it. But you must use gparted from either Ubuntu LiveCD or GParted LiveCD since you cannot resize a partition (/dev/sdb7) while you are using it.

Therefore, boot your machine with Ubuntu LiveCD. Then go into System -> Administration -> Partition Editor to start gparted. Now, delete /dev/sdb6 and that space would become unallocated. Now, expand /dev/sdb7 to take up that new unallocated space. Save the changes and reboot.

Of course, ALWAYS backup your important files first before you do anything to your harddrive just in case.

[Meiji]

Ok, got it. I'll check what I have in /dev/sdb6 to see if I want to keep something and will try then to assing that space to /dev/sdb7. I'll be back if I keep getting problems.

Thank you very much taurus! Your help was much appreciated!