[SOLVED] Storage almost "full"

[rigid blaze]

For some reason, the computer says the storage is full (%98 used)
I tried opening the terminal and typed df -h .
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/cow 3.8G 3.7G 65M 99% /
This is what the computer showed me, I don't know what went wrong, it's supposed to say 1TB..

Now it says 100% used

[onyx thunder]

can you send the output of lsblk

[rigid blaze]

AME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
loop0 7:0 0 2.3G 1 loop
sda 8:0 0 931.5G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 745.1G 0 part /media/mint/A1
├─sda2 8:2 0 93.1G 0 part /media/mint/A2
├─sda3 8:3 0 85.8G 0 part /media/mint/EX
├─sda4 8:4 0 6.8G 0 part /cdrom
└─sda5 8:5 0 654.2M 0 part /media/mint/other
sdb 8:16 1 7.5G 0 disk
└─sdb1 8:17 1 7.5G 0 part

[onyx thunder]

Also,pls send a ss of system monitor > Disks . you can open system monitor by pressing the windows key and typing 'system monitor'

[onyx thunder]

Have you tried rebooting?

[rigid blaze]

its because the pc is still "installing" linux mint

[onyx thunder]

Because it appears that your disks arent properly mounted. You can also go to the disks app and try to unmount and remount all non system disks

[onyx thunder]

💀

[rigid blaze]

yeah

[onyx thunder]

Are you in the middle of installing Linux Mint?

[rigid blaze]

yes

[onyx thunder]

Then leave it as is

[onyx thunder]

do not attempt this

[rigid blaze]

i got worried with the fact that it keeps saying storage full

[onyx thunder]

Just let the installer do its thing after which youll be able to reboot successfully into Mint

[rigid blaze]

ngl i went to the disks app and tried mounting the thing

[rigid blaze]

alr, so i just have to wait

[onyx thunder]

Also, you did not specify you were installing Linux Mint in your thread. Please mention the fact that you are installing an operating system while asking for help

[onyx thunder]

Should NOT have done that, but it is what it is

[onyx thunder]

Yeah, just wait and follow the instructions on your screen

[rigid blaze]

yeah i forgot about it because its been so much time installing

[onyx thunder]

Installing Mint should not take more than 25-30 mins usually

[rigid blaze]

its been hours

[onyx thunder]

That isn't normal. Did you verify your .iso file before you put it on your usb?

[rigid blaze]

yes

[onyx thunder]

Reboot and attempt to reinstall again

[rigid blaze]

i think me trying to fix the storage issue may have stalled the installation

[onyx thunder]

Your installer is clearly stuck at somewhere

[rigid blaze]

yeah

[onyx thunder]

[rigid blaze]

trying

[onyx thunder]

Alright

[rigid blaze]

i fear that the pc wont recognize the bios because it was using win 11

it recognized the bios 🙏

[onyx thunder]

That does not even remotely make sense

[rigid blaze]

i may have accidentally uninstalled win 11 and then tried to install linux mint

[onyx thunder]

A computer's BIOS is completely separate from what OS it has. Deleting an OS will not even touch the BIOS

[rigid blaze]

the thing is: it wasn't recognizing the files

[rigid blaze]

not the bios mb

[onyx thunder]

To put simply, the BIOS is stored on a separate flash storage device (think of it like a mini hdd) separately on the mobo

[rigid blaze]

the bios wouldn't recognize the os*

[onyx thunder]

Of course it will not. Once you run the installer the first thing is does is reformat the drive and change its file system from msft/ntfs to ext4/btfs

I hope your mint installer is now working properly

[onyx thunder]

Sounds like a mounting bug

[rigid blaze]

it was trying to find an archive that doesn't exist 😭

that part was fixed but I don't think it will happen again

[onyx thunder]

it should not happen again, *hopefully 😅 *

[rigid blaze]

ok so

the installer is asking to dismount using partitions

/dev/sdb

[onyx thunder]

Please send a pic

[rigid blaze]

its in portuguese

[onyx thunder]

I do not understand what you are trying to convey

[onyx thunder]

No worries

[rigid blaze]

already changed the language

the computer restarted

[onyx thunder]

Click on Yes

[rigid blaze]

it's asking me to increase one of the partitions size

[onyx thunder]

then increase it

just try it by clicking yes to everything, since windows is deleted and you have nothing to loose. if it still doesnt work properly then ill help you install it using the 3rd option of the installer, something different

[rigid blaze]

why its saying i have so many partitions 💀

[onyx thunder]

BRO WTF

the sizes of those partitions is insane
@lavish ether any ideas about what is happening

[rigid blaze]

hes offline

😭 do i just delete them or what

@onyx thunder

[onyx thunder]

try

[lavish ether]

first of all, as you can see in your second and third pic u sent, sdb is the Sandisk Cruser USB, that's definitely wrong

sda is the drive to install upon

sdb is the usb drive from which the installer exists on

• your sda partitions are a total mess

• if u want to do a clean install, choose "erase disk and install Mint" it will automatically take care of the rest

• if there is current important data to save on sda, either move it to online storage, or copy it to a different USB

[rigid blaze]

yeah, it asks me to increase the size of the partitions to at least 8GB

[rigid blaze]

there isn't, only mint linux

[lavish ether]

no shit. why are u trying to do expert manual install?

[rigid blaze]

im not 😭

[lavish ether]

.

[rigid blaze]

i did, last time it wasn't asking if i wanted to erase the disk

now it asked, but still wanted me to increase the partitions size to 8 GB

[lavish ether]

ok just prepare the disk first. close the installer

nothing to save right?

[rigid blaze]

im booting the pc with linux by the usb

[rigid blaze]

nothing

the pc is supposed to be empty

but it was full of partitions

[lavish ether]

how old is the computer from when it was made?

[rigid blaze]

DELL Inspiron 15 Series 3000

i think from 2015

[lavish ether]

k

are u booted up now in live desktop?

i saw this before and it's the old layout

[lavish ether]

@rigid blaze ??

[rigid blaze]

i think yes

[lavish ether]

ok hit windows key, type disks

[rigid blaze]

ok

[lavish ether]

how many disk devices do u see?

should be 3

1 TB disk

1 USB

1 Loop device

[rigid blaze]

yeah

[lavish ether]

and that's it right?

[rigid blaze]

yes

[lavish ether]

click the 1 tb device

in titlebar, will say the dev name

list it please

is it dev/sda ??

@rigid blaze

[rigid blaze]

my phone died sorry

[rigid blaze]

yes

[lavish ether]

k. press Windows key, type gparted

[rigid blaze]

in a desperate attempt to fix before i deleted the partitions and there is 902GiB unallocated

[rigid blaze]

done

[lavish ether]

in top right box in gparted, does it show sda?

@rigid blaze

[lavish ether]

go to Device menu

click make new partition table

choose GPT

then proceed.

[rigid blaze]

done

[lavish ether]

u should have only one big space now

[rigid blaze]

yes

[lavish ether]

close it

[rigid blaze]

931.51GiB unallocated

[lavish ether]

run mint installer

choose "erase and install Mint" (sda)

[rigid blaze]

yeah now it appeared and worked fine

[lavish ether]

do NOT unmount sdb if asked

[rigid blaze]

it didnt

thanks

i needed that computer somehow working for school & stuff

[lavish ether]

hey @rigid blaze did you install fully and successfully?

if so, then you should save and read this PDF it will help u understand Mint and how to get stuff, etc. #1272611699341660241 message

[rigid blaze]

yeah

[rigid blaze]

thanks

[lavish ether]

it's older, but official. latest website doesnt even have it and the online user guide barely says anything

[rigid blaze]

ooh :o rare find then, appreciate it

[lavish ether]

you're welcome. enjoy you new Mint ❤️

mark this one solved.

[lavish ether]

I know what went wrong btw. You flashed the installer to the hard drive instead of onto the USB .

[lavish ether]

this pic, especially the green line and /cdrom says it all

[rigid blaze]

damn 😭

it's my first time doing this by myself tbh

[lavish ether]

installer only must be flashed to a usb drive, or in a DVD-recorder to a writable DVD

[rigid blaze]

i dont think i knew what i was doing

[lavish ether]

well at least u made the usb later

[rigid blaze]

the bootable pendrive with linux also stopped working at the time i did that

[lavish ether]

was it made with Etcher?

[rigid blaze]

I formatted the pendrive and applied the iso with Rufus

[lavish ether]

did u choose dd mode or hybrid iso write in Rufus?

[rigid blaze]

hybrid

[lavish ether]

cuz dd will make it appear as read-only DVD

are u able to write on that usb now/

[rigid blaze]

it was appearing as a disk when it stopped working so ig i did choose dd

[rigid blaze]

yes

[lavish ether]

so it's fine then

i would recommend to keep Mint (or Ubuntu, or some live distro) on the drive; in case u cant boot ur pc from hard drive due to some messup in future

and use Ventoy

[rigid blaze]

what's that?

[rigid blaze]

just make a folder with the distro?

[SOLVED] Storage almost "full"

[SOLVED] Storage almost "full"

[lavish ether]

it is a flasher tool, but it also lets u have multiple ISO/bootable tools, AND keep regular files all on one USB stick

[rigid blaze]

where can i find it

[lavish ether]

i can send u the website and text

[rigid blaze]

btw is it possible to have 3 different os? planning it for a future pc

[lavish ether]

is ur rufus usb empty now?

[rigid blaze]

no

but i can delete everything in it

[lavish ether]

k

[lavish ether]

yes u can triple boot 3 permanent os on one computer

u can watch the youtube link in yellow

[rigid blaze]

k, ty

[lavish ether]

i think my text instructions are as clear as can be

[rigid blaze]

they are

dont worry, i wont mess this up (i hope 🙏)

[lavish ether]

just dont get the ventoy iso

many ppl make that mistake

ventoy.1.xx.xx.tar.gz