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ubuntu server login screen

I am purchasing a Ubuntu Server machine specified with a 480GB SSD. I am interpreting the said line as the root directory has a 195-ish GB in memory. I am confused!

added df command screenshot

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  • Type `df` and get back to us. – darth_epoxy Oct 07 '20 at 11:18
  • I would take it to mean that root is using 3% of the partition, which would be close to 6GBs of the 195GB partition. – crip659 Oct 07 '20 at 11:38
  • I added the `df` command screenshot. I sum'd all the bytes to be ~ 200gb. – Quan Nguyen Oct 07 '20 at 12:39
  • @MartinThornton Thanks. I'll take a look at that later, as I am away from the server. And the server hasn't been set up for ssh. – Quan Nguyen Oct 07 '20 at 12:47
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    @darth_epoxy `df` might be not the right thing here as it only shows mounted partitions. `lsblk` is more appropriate. – Melebius Oct 07 '20 at 13:26
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    `fdisk -l` will be more helpful here... – FedKad Oct 07 '20 at 13:33
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    Note that you are using LVM - logical volumes. Its multiple volumes in one large partition. Often ESP & /boot are only two partitions outside the large LVM. You cannot use standard partitioning tools on LVM. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lvm & https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/advanced-installation.html – oldfred Oct 07 '20 at 13:56
  • Different folders are in different disk partitions. In your case, `/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv` is the root filesystem. – polypoyo Oct 07 '20 at 13:48
  • finally get my hands on my system. thanks all, thanks @oldfred. Yes, it's LVM. https://askubuntu.com/questions/202613/how-do-i-check-whether-i-am-using-lvm – Quan Nguyen Oct 10 '20 at 02:22

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