Re: Strange statistics from gparted

2021-02-10 Thread David
On Wed, 10 Feb 2021 at 21:35, Richard Owlett wrote: > 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

Re: Strange statistics from gparted

2021-02-10 Thread Richard Owlett
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

Re: Strange statistics from gparted

2021-02-08 Thread David Wright
On Mon 08 Feb 2021 at 10:15:22 (+0100), Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Richard Owlett wrote: > > > I am experimenting with custom installs of MATE on Debian 10.7 . > > > [...] > > > I have a default install with / on sda1. > > > The custom install has / on sda2. > > > [...] > > > When running gparted from

Re: Strange statistics from gparted

2021-02-08 Thread David
On Mon, 8 Feb 2021 at 22:09, Richard Owlett wrote: > Difficult to compare as lsblk reports usage ONLY for mounted partitions > while gparted reports values for mounted AND unmounted partitions. The easiest solution will be to mount the partitions of interest somewhere before examining them with

Re: Strange statistics from gparted

2021-02-08 Thread Richard Owlett
On 02/07/2021 01:15 PM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Sun, Feb 07, 2021 at 12:39:59PM -0600, 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 cu

Re: Strange statistics from gparted

2021-02-08 Thread Richard Owlett
On 02/08/2021 02:15 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Du, 07 feb 21, 12:39:59, 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

Re: Strange statistics from gparted

2021-02-08 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Feb 07, 2021 at 12:39:59PM -0600, 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

Re: Strange statistics from gparted

2021-02-08 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Richard Owlett wrote: > > I am experimenting with custom installs of MATE on Debian 10.7 . > > [...] > > I have a default install with / on sda1. > > The custom install has / on sda2. > > [...] > > When running gparted from the first, it reports > > sda1 used space is 3.85 GB > > sda2 used

Re: Strange statistics from gparted

2021-02-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 07 feb 21, 12:39:59, 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

Strange statistics from gparted

2021-02-07 Thread Richard Owlett
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 s