Hard disk space

[ernv84]

Hi guys,

I installed Ubuntu for learning prposes and chose automatic partition and it looks like system assigned all my HD space to root.

Now i am wondering if i can change it to my user without reinstalling ubuntu or if not where do i store my data??

Would appreciate a quicker response.

Thanks in advance

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[ernv84]

Forgot to add...

/dev/mapper/Bucephalus-root 957015724 8274632 900127512 1% /
udev 2013816 8 2013808 1% /dev
tmpfs 809364 916 808448 1% /run
none 5120 0 5120 0% /run/lock
none 2023408 224 2023184 1% /run/shm
/dev/sda1 233191 76606 144144 35% /boot

[Cheesemill]

You only have one partition which is used for everything, your user files included. Nothing to worry about.

Think of it like one big C: drive in Windows.

[NikTh]

Now i am wondering if i can change it to my user without reinstalling ubuntu or if not where do i store my data??

Would appreciate a quicker response.

When the user selects the automatic partitioning, Ubuntu creates a root partition and the /home partition hosted under root. So you can store your data without problems. The only difference here is that you don't have a separate /home partition, but /home in under root.

cd /
ls

Forgot to add...

/dev/mapper/Bucephalus-root 957015724 8274632 900127512 1% /

Did you select the LVM during installation ? If yes, read here about LVM
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuDesktopLVM

I've never used it.

[ernv84]

Does it mean my /home is under root now??? So i can keep all my data in home directory and it will use space from that 950G ?

[Vladlenin5000]

Does it mean my /home is under root now??? So i can keep all my data in home directory and it will use space from that 950G ?

Yes.

[angryfirelord]

This somewhat dated chart pretty much explains what the file system hierarchy looks like: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VidzeWdctO...+hierarchy.png

If you designate only one partition for root (/), everything else still falls under it. You can split these directories into multiple partitions if you want, but for a desktop machine, that's not really necessary.

[gordintoronto]

The biggest drawback is in the future, when you want to move to, for example, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. The safest way to do this is by a normal install, which will wipe out all your data.

On my system, I have separate partitions: 36 GB for /, 4 GB for swap and the rest for /home. I have installed new versions without losing any of my data. (But I still have excellent backup, as one slip of the fingers might wipe it all out.) And I actually have another partition for fooling around with new versions/distros. And a second hard drive which currently has the Preview of Windows 8.1.

[Paqman]

The biggest drawback is in the future, when you want to move to, for example, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. The safest way to do this is by a normal install, which will wipe out all your data.

No it won't. The Ubuntu installer has been clever enough not to overwrite existing /home folders on a root partition for some time now. The justification for having separate /home partitions is pretty much zero now. I still have mine on separate partitions, but that's only because it's a leftover from the old days. I should probably get around to consolidating next time I reinstall.