home bbs files messages ]

Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"

   alt.os.linux.suse      Suse is actually not that bad      138,051 messages   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]

   Message 136,361 of 138,051   
   Carlos E. R. to Darklight   
   Re: opensuse 42.3 64bit disk usage.   
   28 Jul 17 14:25:11   
   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2017-07-28 12:45, Darklight wrote:   
      
      
   > device usage reports 1.7gib free of 30.3gib (94% used)   
   >   
   > I installed opensuse 42.3 using the btrfs file system.   
   >   
   > why did i do this while i was installing my apps yast2 tells me i am   
   > running out of space. I know linux is not that big.   
      
   If you use btrfs, you should aim for at least three times disk space. 30   
   gigs is not enough. Maybe 60.   
      
      
   > Usually after every thing is installed it comes to less than 10gib   
   > using ext4 file system.   
      
   But you are not using ext4.   
      
      
   > I done my upgrade via zypper. IE changing all my repositories from 42.2   
   > to 42.3 via yast2. then from a terminal init 3 and running zypper from   
   > there.   
      
   Remember that btrfs stores snapshots. Issue certain command and you get   
   reverted to 42.2 almost instantly (±~). Both versions are currently   
   stored on your disk.   
      
   --   
   Cheers,   
          Carlos E.R.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]


(c) 1994,  bbs@darkrealms.ca