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I block copied a 50 GB linux partition (almost full, 92% used), from
a disk which had started to have some errors to a 666 GB partition
of a 750 new hard drive using ddrescue -v -d -r 3 -f /dev/... /dev/...
After using grub I was able to boot from the new hard drive
without any noticeable problems.



While I somehow expected that I might need to resize the
result of my copying, now both gparted and df report that my new drive
is close to being full, however in different ways: gparted says that 660 GB
have been used out of 666 GB available in the partition, and df claims the partition has 41 GB in use out of a total of 47 GB.



I don't understand what is wrong, nor how to interpret
the vastly different sizes of /dev/sda1/
by gparted and df. I am lost and would appreciate suggestions
about how one can recover the use of the space in the new disk
which I expected to be more than 90% free, even after putting the
contents of the old.



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    I block copied a 50 GB linux partition (almost full, 92% used), from
    a disk which had started to have some errors to a 666 GB partition
    of a 750 new hard drive using ddrescue -v -d -r 3 -f /dev/... /dev/...
    After using grub I was able to boot from the new hard drive
    without any noticeable problems.



    While I somehow expected that I might need to resize the
    result of my copying, now both gparted and df report that my new drive
    is close to being full, however in different ways: gparted says that 660 GB
    have been used out of 666 GB available in the partition, and df claims the partition has 41 GB in use out of a total of 47 GB.



    I don't understand what is wrong, nor how to interpret
    the vastly different sizes of /dev/sda1/
    by gparted and df. I am lost and would appreciate suggestions
    about how one can recover the use of the space in the new disk
    which I expected to be more than 90% free, even after putting the
    contents of the old.



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      I block copied a 50 GB linux partition (almost full, 92% used), from
      a disk which had started to have some errors to a 666 GB partition
      of a 750 new hard drive using ddrescue -v -d -r 3 -f /dev/... /dev/...
      After using grub I was able to boot from the new hard drive
      without any noticeable problems.



      While I somehow expected that I might need to resize the
      result of my copying, now both gparted and df report that my new drive
      is close to being full, however in different ways: gparted says that 660 GB
      have been used out of 666 GB available in the partition, and df claims the partition has 41 GB in use out of a total of 47 GB.



      I don't understand what is wrong, nor how to interpret
      the vastly different sizes of /dev/sda1/
      by gparted and df. I am lost and would appreciate suggestions
      about how one can recover the use of the space in the new disk
      which I expected to be more than 90% free, even after putting the
      contents of the old.



      enter image description here










      share|improve this question
















      I block copied a 50 GB linux partition (almost full, 92% used), from
      a disk which had started to have some errors to a 666 GB partition
      of a 750 new hard drive using ddrescue -v -d -r 3 -f /dev/... /dev/...
      After using grub I was able to boot from the new hard drive
      without any noticeable problems.



      While I somehow expected that I might need to resize the
      result of my copying, now both gparted and df report that my new drive
      is close to being full, however in different ways: gparted says that 660 GB
      have been used out of 666 GB available in the partition, and df claims the partition has 41 GB in use out of a total of 47 GB.



      I don't understand what is wrong, nor how to interpret
      the vastly different sizes of /dev/sda1/
      by gparted and df. I am lost and would appreciate suggestions
      about how one can recover the use of the space in the new disk
      which I expected to be more than 90% free, even after putting the
      contents of the old.



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          You will need to resize the filesystem after resizing the partition using resize2fs.



          From the resize2fs man page



          The resize2fs program will resize ext2, ext3, or ext4 file systems. It can be used to enlarge or shrink an unmounted file system located on device. If the filesystem is mounted, it can be used to expand the size of the mounted filesystem, assuming the kernel supports on-line resizing.



          The command to resize the filesystem you inquired about is:



          sudo resize2fs /dev/sda1





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            Please improve your answer with further explanation on why this solves the problem.

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          • @benjamin-connelly: Am I correct in reading your suggestion as that I need to do two things: 1) resize the partition (using gparted? The resize2fs man page says that resize2fs does not manipulate the size of partitions); and then 2) resize the filesystem using sudo resize2fs /dev/sda1 (without any arguments?). -- At first I thought that you had suggested to do both using resize2fs, but at the moment of action I hesitated. Many thanks for your reply and sorry about the time it took me to reply.

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          You will need to resize the filesystem after resizing the partition using resize2fs.



          From the resize2fs man page



          The resize2fs program will resize ext2, ext3, or ext4 file systems. It can be used to enlarge or shrink an unmounted file system located on device. If the filesystem is mounted, it can be used to expand the size of the mounted filesystem, assuming the kernel supports on-line resizing.



          The command to resize the filesystem you inquired about is:



          sudo resize2fs /dev/sda1





          share|improve this answer





















          • 2





            Please improve your answer with further explanation on why this solves the problem.

            – countermode
            Dec 1 '16 at 7:37











          • @benjamin-connelly: Am I correct in reading your suggestion as that I need to do two things: 1) resize the partition (using gparted? The resize2fs man page says that resize2fs does not manipulate the size of partitions); and then 2) resize the filesystem using sudo resize2fs /dev/sda1 (without any arguments?). -- At first I thought that you had suggested to do both using resize2fs, but at the moment of action I hesitated. Many thanks for your reply and sorry about the time it took me to reply.

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          You will need to resize the filesystem after resizing the partition using resize2fs.



          From the resize2fs man page



          The resize2fs program will resize ext2, ext3, or ext4 file systems. It can be used to enlarge or shrink an unmounted file system located on device. If the filesystem is mounted, it can be used to expand the size of the mounted filesystem, assuming the kernel supports on-line resizing.



          The command to resize the filesystem you inquired about is:



          sudo resize2fs /dev/sda1





          share|improve this answer





















          • 2





            Please improve your answer with further explanation on why this solves the problem.

            – countermode
            Dec 1 '16 at 7:37











          • @benjamin-connelly: Am I correct in reading your suggestion as that I need to do two things: 1) resize the partition (using gparted? The resize2fs man page says that resize2fs does not manipulate the size of partitions); and then 2) resize the filesystem using sudo resize2fs /dev/sda1 (without any arguments?). -- At first I thought that you had suggested to do both using resize2fs, but at the moment of action I hesitated. Many thanks for your reply and sorry about the time it took me to reply.

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          You will need to resize the filesystem after resizing the partition using resize2fs.



          From the resize2fs man page



          The resize2fs program will resize ext2, ext3, or ext4 file systems. It can be used to enlarge or shrink an unmounted file system located on device. If the filesystem is mounted, it can be used to expand the size of the mounted filesystem, assuming the kernel supports on-line resizing.



          The command to resize the filesystem you inquired about is:



          sudo resize2fs /dev/sda1





          share|improve this answer















          You will need to resize the filesystem after resizing the partition using resize2fs.



          From the resize2fs man page



          The resize2fs program will resize ext2, ext3, or ext4 file systems. It can be used to enlarge or shrink an unmounted file system located on device. If the filesystem is mounted, it can be used to expand the size of the mounted filesystem, assuming the kernel supports on-line resizing.



          The command to resize the filesystem you inquired about is:



          sudo resize2fs /dev/sda1






          share|improve this answer














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          • 2





            Please improve your answer with further explanation on why this solves the problem.

            – countermode
            Dec 1 '16 at 7:37











          • @benjamin-connelly: Am I correct in reading your suggestion as that I need to do two things: 1) resize the partition (using gparted? The resize2fs man page says that resize2fs does not manipulate the size of partitions); and then 2) resize the filesystem using sudo resize2fs /dev/sda1 (without any arguments?). -- At first I thought that you had suggested to do both using resize2fs, but at the moment of action I hesitated. Many thanks for your reply and sorry about the time it took me to reply.

            – elie
            Dec 7 '16 at 1:03
















          • 2





            Please improve your answer with further explanation on why this solves the problem.

            – countermode
            Dec 1 '16 at 7:37











          • @benjamin-connelly: Am I correct in reading your suggestion as that I need to do two things: 1) resize the partition (using gparted? The resize2fs man page says that resize2fs does not manipulate the size of partitions); and then 2) resize the filesystem using sudo resize2fs /dev/sda1 (without any arguments?). -- At first I thought that you had suggested to do both using resize2fs, but at the moment of action I hesitated. Many thanks for your reply and sorry about the time it took me to reply.

            – elie
            Dec 7 '16 at 1:03










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          Please improve your answer with further explanation on why this solves the problem.

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          Please improve your answer with further explanation on why this solves the problem.

          – countermode
          Dec 1 '16 at 7:37













          @benjamin-connelly: Am I correct in reading your suggestion as that I need to do two things: 1) resize the partition (using gparted? The resize2fs man page says that resize2fs does not manipulate the size of partitions); and then 2) resize the filesystem using sudo resize2fs /dev/sda1 (without any arguments?). -- At first I thought that you had suggested to do both using resize2fs, but at the moment of action I hesitated. Many thanks for your reply and sorry about the time it took me to reply.

          – elie
          Dec 7 '16 at 1:03







          @benjamin-connelly: Am I correct in reading your suggestion as that I need to do two things: 1) resize the partition (using gparted? The resize2fs man page says that resize2fs does not manipulate the size of partitions); and then 2) resize the filesystem using sudo resize2fs /dev/sda1 (without any arguments?). -- At first I thought that you had suggested to do both using resize2fs, but at the moment of action I hesitated. Many thanks for your reply and sorry about the time it took me to reply.

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