On 02/01/14 13:45, Nigel Verity wrote: > Hi > > I dual boot Xubuntu with Windows 7, but use the Windows partition > mainly as additional storage. I am generally running out of disk space > on both Linux and Windows partitions. I do have occasional need for > Windows, so giving that partition entirely over to Linux is not an option. > > Does anybody know whether I will still be able to view and access > files stored in the Windows partition if I compress it using the MS > utility built into Windows Explorer? > > Thanks > > Nige > > Aside from the suggestions already mentioned, there will be a few other tweaks you can do on either partitions. For the linux one, you might like to know that 5% of the filesystem is put to the side incase root needs a little extra space when the disk drive is marked as 'full', so you can still carry out functions. On a 1TB HDD we're talking a LOT of space being reserved for this (50GB!) and it makes sense to reduce the amount or even take it away completely.
Quote: /Reserved space is least useful on large filesystems with static content that are not critical to the basic functionality of the operating system. In such cases it is quite reasonable to reduce the reservation to zero. Filesystems that may be better left with the default 5% include those containing the directories //|/|//, //|/root|//, //|/var|//, //|/tmp|//, and (preferably) //|/home|//./ For example, i've left mine at 0.1% for now. You need only find where the linux partition is by using *sudo fdisk -l* and looking for which /dev/ is marked as "Linux" (probably under "extended") e.g. mine looks like: /dev/sda1 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda2 Extended /dev/sda5 Linux /dev/sda6 Linux swap / Solaris then you do *sudo tune2fs -m 0.1 /dev/sda5* changing that 0.1 to the percentage desired. Have a look in 'system monitor' before and after to watch the available space go up! Hope this proves useful, Anthony -- Launchpad translator and linux chemist ^_^ https://launchpad.net/~untaintableangel
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