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| From | Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Strange statistics from gparted |
| Date | 2021-02-10 11:40 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <BGV4B-5xp-9@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <BFXi9-1fc-5@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On 02/07/2021 12:39 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
> I am experimenting with custom installs of MATE on Debian 10.7 .
> My goal is to minimize its footprint on disk, and reduce menu clutter.
> I have a default install with / on sda1.
> The custom install has / on sda2.
> Both installs use /sda3 for /home.
>
> When running gparted from the first, it reports
> sda1 used space is 3.85 GB
> sda2 used space is 2.25 GB
>
> When running gparted from the second, it reports
> sda1 used space is 4.77 GB
> sda2 used space is 1.80 GB
>
> Why?
The short answer is that gparted uses dumpe2fs which requires partition
to be mounted {perhaps read only}.
Elsewhere in this thread David pointed me to an old thread with a
discussion of gparted.
[https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2019/01/msg00910.html]
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