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Strange RAID disk volume usage
I have Ubuntu Server 12.04, and my disk is full. I don't know why; my files don't use more than 5GB.
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
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How do I calculate the size of folders which contains some unreadable contents?
The /var/lib contains some unreadable contents, one of which is the mysql folder. I wanted to see the size of the /var/lib folder and the mysql folder in particular. Right-clicking on it and clicking ...
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Files are listed as wrong size in 12.04
Hi all got a weird situation here. The other day I noticed when I wanted to seed a file for an older torrent, that the file size was wrong on my computer. The torrent said the file was say 450 mb, ...
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How much MB / GB does the installation download?
I didnt find this specific question.
I am not asking how large the installer is (12.10 btw).
And I am not asking if I can install ubuntu without the internet. I have read that I can just install via ...
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Ubuntu download size
I'm trying to install UBUNTU using Windows Installer, though its written less than 500MB in the instructions page, the actual installation size is mentioned to be 18GB with 5GB being the minimum, ...
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how clear/clean unneeded files or cache for my customized distro
Can you help me to find out how do I clear the Cache files or unnecessary or lib that can be updated on new ubuntu install
i used "ubuntu 12.10"
this my top size file/folder list:
4380MiB /usr
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iso image too big for a cd [duplicate]
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How do I burn the 12.10 790MB ISO to a CD?
I downloaded the file for Ubuntu 12.10. It is a CD iso image with size of 753 MBytes. That exceeds the capacity of a CD-R ...
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Does folder and directories has their own size?
I got a messege today that I have little free space left on my hard drive.
I opened the utility/program which shows me how the hard drive usage, and I saw my "Downloads" folder is 10.4 GB.
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Is there any midnight commander alternative that allows me to see the folder size?
I want any alternative for Ubuntu 11.04 that runs on the command window that allows me to see which folder use up a lot of space.
P.S. It's for my VPS.
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How big is the mono runtime?
How big is the mono runtime, and how does it compare in size to other popular runtimes like python, ruby and java?
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Transmission started to detect torrents bigger than they are
When I add a torrent the program works fine but after a few minutes it increases the value of total size. Right now I am downloading a torrent of size 5.08 GB, but the program detects it as 5.45 GB.
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Is there any setup option to use binary prefixes globally [closed]
It would be better to see file sizes in binary units (i.e.: MiB) for my job everywhere in Ubuntu (at least Gnome would be perfect.)
So my question:
Is there any global setup option to use binary ...
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Difference Between Filesize and Size on DIsk
When checking the properties of my Downloads folder I saw that it said
Total Size on Files: 5.3GB
Size on Disk: 43.0GB
o__O
I have noticed this in Windows, but I've been too lazy to inquire further ...
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How can I shrink .MKV files?
I am using Handbrake to rip a DVD to a MKV. The filesize for a ~5GB .VOB rip is a nearly 2GB .MKV.
Is there a program in Ubuntu that shrinks MKV's? I looked around and found a lot of Windows ...
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find cluster size of in ubuntu in 11.04
I am running ubuntu 11.04 and I am wondering how to find the size of the size of the allocation unit ? Is there a command in ubuntu to find this? Also depending on the size of the allocation unit does ...
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How to archive with ignoring files larger than 100MB
I'm trying to archive files with tar and ignoring files larger than 100MB. Is that possible?
PS: Not have to use tar.
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Show current folder size in Nautilus
I would like to know if it's possible to display the current folder size (in MB or GB) in Nautilus at the status bar.
Here's a screenshot:
as you can see, (in this case) I have 7 items, and I have ...
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How do I create a file with a given structure?
How do I create a file that has X bytes of 0, Y bytes of the number 7 (i.e. 0x07 in hex, 00000111 in binary), Z random bytes and T bytes of the number 25(0x19 in hex, 00011001 in binary). Finally, ...
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“cat: write error: File too large” when trying to join 7GB backup
I have a 7gb .iso file, and I want to move it to a secondary HDD I have connected on my computer, first I tried to move the entire file and it failed saying the file was too large. I noticed always ...
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Synchronization of .tar.gz-file seems to constantly start all over again
I am still quite new to u1 (using the integration in Ubuntu 11.04). My earlier synchronizations, though, worked fine so far (folders outside of the Ubuntu 1-folder). Simple, comfortably etc. But then ...
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How to list recursive file sizes of files and directories in a directory?
How do I list all the files in a directory and their recursive file sizes?
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I want to see the sizes 'rolled up' to the parent directories in the directory listed. I don't want to see the ...
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Summarize file sizes of a directory structure?
I have written a small backup script with rsync. I would like to monitor its progress by comparing the total file sizes on the source and destination directories. du Is inaccurate because it measures ...
