LXDE installation in Windows - "no space left" for upgrade

[hendrik_mint]

Hi!

I've installed Linux Mint 10 LXDE using the Windows installer on an older laptop. In the installer, I reserved 10 GB of space (my idea was to keep all user data in the Windows file system).

Now in Mint, I have the problem that I can't update the installation. mintUpdate hangs the system. "apt update" works, but "apt upgrade" fails saying "No space left on device".

"df -h /" gives:

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Filesystem	Size		Used		Avail		Use%		Mounted on
aufs			233M		233M		0		100%		/

I don't understand why only 233 MB would be reserved for the root file system. Also, I don't know how to proceed.

Help much appreciated.

[Sleven]

Use Gparted to look at your HDD, take a screen shot and post it.

[DrHu]

The file system you chose for the Linux partition is a union file system, which allows merging partition to appear as one file system:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_mount

• A union mount is a mount that allows several filesystems to be mounted at one time, appearing to be one filesystem..

I thought the normal (default) Mint file system was ext3 or ext4..

I suppose the question is how much space have you really allowed for that Linux partition

Quick check in terminal, fstab -l or df /device name

[hendrik_mint]

Sleven: Gparted screenshot is attached.

DrHu: I don't know what you mean by "fstab -l". The content of my "/etc/fstab" is:

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aufs / aufs rw 0 0
tmpfs /tmp tmpfs nosuid,nodev 0 0

[Sleven]

You have Mint installed in a virtual partition within Windows, not in a real partition.

[hendrik_mint]

Isn't that what's supposed to happen when I use the Windows installer?
And still, why was only so little space reserved for the virtual partition?

[hendrik_mint]

I just checked under Windows: My "linuxmint" directory is indeed 10 GB big. Where is all that space gone under Linux?