Full disk but it isn't

Question

I am trying to understand why on GParted sda1 look like full (and therefore it's impossible to edit the partition) but on terminal show me the disk in use is just 9%. Can anyone help me to understand why I have the full disk but in reality, it isn't?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 06 '18 at 18:04

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That's because you are using logical volume management (LVM)

the /dev/sda1 partition contains an LVM physical volume (PV)
the PV is assigned to a volume group (VG)
the VG contains your root filesystem

So

the PV fully occupies the partition
the filesystem fully occupies the VG

but

the files only occupy a small fraction of the filesystem

answered Oct 06 '18 at 18:04

steeldriver

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So if i want to edit the partition, should i change the filesystem of the disk? – Kvadrat Oct 06 '18 at 18:14
@Kvadrat see if this helps: How to shrink Ubuntu LVM logical and physical volumes? – steeldriver Oct 06 '18 at 18:22

Full disk but it isn't

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