Just got a warning Root has '0' bytes left --- [ gonna Fresh Install it, and be done ]

AZgl1800 · Post by **AZgl1800** » Sat May 27, 2023 9:19 am

I haven't the foggiest idea what to do about it,
every thing seems to be working okay,
have not shut down the laptop yet though.

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john@FX705GM:~$ sudo inxi -Fxpmrz
[sudo] password for john:  
System:
  Kernel: 5.15.0-72-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.3.0
    Desktop: Cinnamon 5.6.8 Distro: Linux Mint 21.1 Vera
    base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: TUF Gaming FX705GM_FX705GM v: 1.0
    serial: <filter>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: FX705GM v: 1.0 serial: <filter>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: FX705GM.307 date: 05/25/2020
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 47.1 Wh (100.0%) condition: 47.1/64.1 Wh (73.5%)
    volts: 16.3 min: 15.6 model: Simplo SDI ICR18650 status: Full
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse M510
    charge: 55% (should be ignored) status: Discharging
Memory:
  RAM: total: 15.48 GiB used: 4.28 GiB (27.6%)
  Array-1: capacity: 64 GiB slots: 4 EC: None max-module-size: 16 GiB
    note: est.
  Device-1: ChannelA-DIMM0 size: 16 GiB speed: 2667 MT/s type: DDR4
  Device-2: ChannelA-DIMM1 size: No Module Installed
  Device-3: ChannelB-DIMM0 size: No Module Installed
  Device-4: ChannelB-DIMM1 size: No Module Installed
CPU:
  Info: 6-core model: Intel Core i7-8750H bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Coffee Lake rev: A cache: L1: 384 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB L3: 9 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1506 high: 3701 min/max: 800/4100 cores: 1: 800 2: 800
    3: 822 4: 900 5: 900 6: 901 7: 1767 8: 2815 9: 3701 10: 3068 11: 800
    12: 800 bogomips: 52799
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP106M [GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile] vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: nvidia v: 515.105.01 bus-ID: 01:00.0
  Device-3: IMC Networks USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 1-11:4
  Display: server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
    unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa gpu: i915 resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL GT2)
    v: 4.6 Mesa 22.2.5 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP106 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.1
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-72-generic running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:14.3
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
  IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth 9460/9560 Jefferson Peak (JfP) type: USB
    driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-14:5
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter>
    bt-v: 3.0 lmp-v: 5.1
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.38 TiB used: 283.38 GiB (20.1%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Intel model: SSDPEKNW512G8 size: 476.94 GiB
    temp: 30.9 C
  ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 1TB size: 931.51 GiB
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 43.33 GiB used: 20.42 GiB (47.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 256 MiB used: 31.1 MiB (12.2%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
  ID-3: /home size: 409.83 GiB used: 185.62 GiB (45.3%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda4
  ID-4: /mnt/83601e83-13ac-4887-b8d6-7928f1be3245 size: 448.78 GiB
    used: 77.32 GiB (17.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 47.2 MiB (2.3%) file: /swapfile
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0 C pch: 46.0 C mobo: 27.8 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0
Repos:
  Packages: 2523
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jeanslack-videomass-jammy.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/jeanslack-videomass-jammy.gpg] https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/jeanslack/videomass/ubuntu jammy main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kelebek333-mint-tools-jammy.list
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  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/megasync.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/meganz-archive-keyring.gpg] https://mega.nz/linux/repo/xUbuntu_22.04/ ./
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com vera main upstream import backport
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    3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
    4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-source-repositories.list
    1: deb-src http://packages.linuxmint.com vera main upstream import backport
    2: deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
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  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera-stable.list
    1: deb https://deb.opera.com/opera-stable/ stable non-free
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    1: deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teamviewer.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/teamviewer-keyring.gpg] https://linux.teamviewer.com/deb stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teejee2008-timeshift-jammy.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/teejee2008-timeshift-jammy.gpg] https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/teejee2008/timeshift/ubuntu jammy main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teejeetech-aptik.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/teejeetech-aptik-keyring.gpg] https://packages.teejeetech.com/aptik/0/JcbCJmMm7k/ubuntu/jammy/amd64 stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teejeetech-baqpaq.list
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  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb/ stable main
Info:
  Processes: 369 Uptime: 2d 5h 57m Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers:
  gcc: 11.3.0 Shell: Sudo v: 1.9.9 inxi: 3.3.13
john@FX705GM:~$

grndplane · Post by **grndplane** » Sat May 27, 2023 10:17 am

Do not reboot until you clear some space. 22 gig is not enough for a root partition. I have 150 gig assigned for mine. Good luck.

AZgl1800 · Post by **AZgl1800** » Sat May 27, 2023 10:30 am

grndplane wrote: ⤴Sat May 27, 2023 10:17 am Do not reboot until you clear some space. 22 gig is not enough for a root partition. I have 150 gig assigned for mine. Good luck.

too late for that warning,
I did a reboot and it froze with a warning

argh!
now what?
fortunately, I kept my sanity and refused to kill myself....
my cellphone saved the day,
and I managed to Reinstall Cinnamon again, and Firefox,
and then I thought " why am I doing all of this?? "

brought up Timeshift and went back to Yesterday, and all is good again.

Except, I need to clear up Root.

JoeFootball · Post by **JoeFootball** » Sat May 27, 2023 10:37 am

AZgl1800 wrote: Except, I need to clear up Root.

Are you keeping more old kernels than you really need?

Update Manager: View > Linux Kernels > Remove Kernels

Do you have the automated maintenance of old kernels enabled?

Update Manager: Edit > Preferences > Automation > Automatic Maintenance > Remove obsolete kernels and dependencies

grndplane · Post by **grndplane** » Sat May 27, 2023 11:39 am

Do you have any room in other partitions on that drive? If you do, you can use gparted to shrink a partition, and then expand your root partition. You can drag the edges of the partitions with gparted. Again good luck.

AZgl1800 · Post by **AZgl1800** » Sat May 27, 2023 8:28 pm

JoeFootball wrote: ⤴Sat May 27, 2023 10:37 am
AZgl1800 wrote: Except, I need to clear up Root.
Are you keeping more old kernels than you really need?

Update Manager: View > Linux Kernels > Remove Kernels

Do you have the automated maintenance of old kernels enabled?

Update Manager: Edit > Preferences > Automation > Automatic Maintenance > Remove obsolete kernels and dependencies

I checked and it seems I only have 2 Kernels installed,

I will shutdown, and boot up to a Live Session on USB stick, and see what I can do with the Root Partition.

Tnx to all for your help

linux-rox · Post by **linux-rox** » Sat May 27, 2023 10:35 pm

You don't need 150 GB, but I'd say 30 GB is the minimum for Mint these days (not counting Timeshift and Home, which you obviously have on other partitions). By the way, if you're not Terminal-phobic, this command runs much faster than Disk Usage Analyzer: sudo du -xhd1 / | sort -hr.

AZgl1800 · Post by **AZgl1800** » Sat May 27, 2023 11:57 pm

I just a bit fuzzed out on WHY that warning came up at all?

I had Root set at 48gB and there was 22gB empty, so why the warning?

Ran Foxclone and made a full backup of the entire SSD that is installed.

Booted up LM21 live session, and ran gparted.

Shrunk /home 40 gB
increased Root to fill up the new space.

Rebooted and all went well for a bit, and then it locked up.
Press BIOS key and powered down.

Rebooted, and all is well.

this is how the SSD looks now, and it is running just fine.
guess my Stars were in Alignment?

grndplane · Post by **grndplane** » Sun May 28, 2023 9:37 am

I am glad it worked for you. This is where gparted really shines.

AZgl1800 · Post by **AZgl1800** » Sun May 28, 2023 9:53 am

a Weird one.

Now that there is tons of room on Root,
that Error warning just came up again, said

0 bytes left

I clicked on Ignore and just kept on going.
Not going to worry about it without more info from you guys.

grndplane · Post by **grndplane** » Sun May 28, 2023 11:20 am

Can you post the results of inxi -Fxxxrz also can we see /etc/fstab Thanks

AZgl1800 · Post by **AZgl1800** » Sun May 28, 2023 6:45 pm

grndplane wrote: ⤴Sun May 28, 2023 11:20 am Can you post the results of inxi -Fxxxrz also can we see /etc/fstab Thanks

thank you for helping:

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john@FX705GM:~$ inxi -Fxxxrz
System:
  Kernel: 5.15.0-72-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.3.0
    Desktop: Cinnamon 5.6.8 tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: muffin vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0
    Distro: Linux Mint 21.1 Vera base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: TUF Gaming FX705GM_FX705GM v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: FX705GM v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: FX705GM.307 date: 05/25/2020
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 47.1 Wh (100.0%) condition: 47.1/64.1 Wh (73.5%)
    volts: 16.3 min: 15.6 model: Simplo SDI ICR18650 type: Li-ion
    serial: <filter> status: Full cycles: 41
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse M510
    serial: <filter> charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
    status: Discharging
CPU:
  Info: 6-core model: Intel Core i7-8750H bits: 64 type: MT MCP smt: enabled
    arch: Coffee Lake rev: A cache: L1: 384 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB L3: 9 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 high: 801 min/max: 800/4100 cores: 1: 801 2: 800
    3: 800 4: 800 5: 799 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800
    bogomips: 52799
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: i915 v: kernel ports: active: eDP-1 empty: none bus-ID: 00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:3e9b class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP106M [GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile] vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: nvidia v: 515.105.01 pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports:
    active: none empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c20
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: IMC Networks USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 1-11:4 chip-ID: 13d3:56a2 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa gpu: i915
    display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 98 s-size: 499x280mm (19.6x11.0")
    s-diag: 572mm (22.5")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 128
    size: 382x215mm (15.0x8.5") diag: 438mm (17.3") modes: 1920x1080
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL GT2)
    v: 4.6 Mesa 22.2.5 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a348
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP106 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1
    chip-ID: 10de:10f1 class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-72-generic running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:a370 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
    port: 3000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth 9460/9560 Jefferson Peak (JfP) type: USB
    driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-14:5 chip-ID: 8087:0aaa class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter>
    bt-v: 3.0 lmp-v: 5.1 sub-v: 100 hci-v: 5.1 rev: 100
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.38 TiB used: 281.65 GiB (20.0%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Intel model: SSDPEKNW512G8 size: 476.94 GiB
    speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 002C temp: 27.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 1TB size: 931.51 GiB
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 3B6Q scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 84.42 GiB used: 20.56 GiB (24.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 256 MiB used: 31.1 MiB (12.2%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
  ID-3: /home size: 368.74 GiB used: 186.64 GiB (50.6%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda4
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 512 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    file: /swapfile
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0 C pch: 41.0 C mobo: 27.8 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0
Repos:
  Packages: 2513 apt: 2492 flatpak: 21
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jeanslack-videomass-jammy.list
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    5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
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    1: deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free
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    1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/teamviewer-keyring.gpg] https://linux.teamviewer.com/deb stable main
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  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb/ stable main
Info:
  Processes: 361 Uptime: 18h 55m wakeups: 31 Memory: 15.48 GiB
  used: 3.13 GiB (20.2%) Init: systemd v: 249 runlevel: 5 Compilers:
  gcc: 11.3.0 alt: 11/12 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: gnome-terminal
  inxi: 3.3.13
john@FX705GM:~$

grndplane · Post by **grndplane** » Sun May 28, 2023 7:46 pm

I am not an expert and others may see something I am missing, but I see two EFI boot partitions. One on the NVME drive and the other on the SATA drive. I am wondering if there tripping on each other. There is only 1mb used on the EFI partition on the Sata drive, If it were on my system I would probably remove it. Anyone else have an idea?

System report:
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 84.42 GiB used: 20.56 GiB (24.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 256 MiB used: 31.1 MiB (12.2%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
ID-3: /home size: 368.74 GiB used: 186.64 GiB (50.6%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/sda4

Shown on gparted

AZgl1800 · Post by **AZgl1800** » Mon May 29, 2023 12:19 am

Grub is on the NVME drive because it lists both Mint and Win10

I can boot to either of them, if I select Win10 before it times out

this laptop,originally only had the NVME drive with win10 on it,
I added the Samsung SSD and used that solely for Linux

There is only 1mb used on the EFI partition on the Sata drive, If it were on my system I would probably remove it.

I think that is where Mint boots up from,
Grub points to that 1mB file.

and why Delete it anyway? 512mB out of 500gB?
totally unnoticeable

linux-rox · Post by **linux-rox** » Mon May 29, 2023 1:35 am

AZgl1800 wrote: ⤴Mon May 29, 2023 12:19 am I think that is where Mint boots up from, Grub points to that 1mB file.

FWIW, I'm quite certain it isn't. For one thing, inxi shows the nvme EFI partition is being mounted. For another, 1 MB isn't enough space for the Mint boot loaders (checking, I see they use 6 MB). If it were important, we could confirm by comparing efibootmgr -v with sudo blkid, but I don't think which EFI partition is being used has any relevance to the problem at hand (the mysterious but hopefully harmless "'0' bytes left" warning)

and why Delete it anyway? 512mB out of 500gB? totally unnoticeable

Freeing up space wasn't the point of the suggestion. It was to eliminate the possibility of conflict. There's no conflict, though, as sda1 is empty for all practical purposes. And two sets of Mint boot loaders on separate partitions wouldn't be a conflict anyway.

Jo-con-Ël · Post by **Jo-con-Ël** » Mon May 29, 2023 2:48 am

I wonder about that backup partition (sda3) and rsync...Please post back cat /etc/fstab as requiered before.

AZgl1800 · Post by **AZgl1800** » Mon May 29, 2023 3:56 am

Jo-con-Ël wrote: ⤴Mon May 29, 2023 2:48 am I wonder about that backup partition (sda3) and rsync...Please post back cat /etc/fstab as requiered before.

/Backup is on 2nd half & the same SSD as the OS which is on the 1st half of the SSD.
I use it to store Timeshift snapshots,
Aptik backups
and some misc stuff.

I thought I had posted this already? guess not, I remember reading it....
been very busy here visiting my son and family, have not seen them in 4 years.

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john@FX705GM:~$ cat /etc/fstab
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>

UUID=a68a4a63-99de-4474-8ed8-75f23142d59f                         	/                                                      	ext4	errors=remount-ro              	0	1
UUID=88FF-235F                                                    	/boot/efi                                              	vfat	umask=0077                     	0	1
UUID=32f44c92-4ac5-4580-8b6b-cb4f2016a022                         	/home                                                  	ext4	defaults                       	0	2
/dev/disk/by-uuid/83601e83-13ac-4887-b8d6-7928f1be3245            	/mnt/83601e83-13ac-4887-b8d6-7928f1be3245              	auto	nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show	0	0
/dev/disk/by-id/usb-Flash_USB_Disk_3727225D5A20242725596-0:0-part1	/mnt/usb-Flash_USB_Disk_3727225D5A20242725596-0:0-part1	auto	nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show	0	0
/dev/disk/by-id/wwn-0x5000c5000e33b374-part1                      	/mnt/wwn-0x5000c5000e33b374-part1                      	auto	nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show	0	0
/swapfile                                                         	none                                                   	swap	sw                             	0	0
john@FX705GM:~$

I know that there are some Anal folks who claim that me using /Backup as a dedicated partition on the same SSD as the OS is reckless, sorry folks, been doing this for years and years, and not one failure.
and I make Foxclone backups of the entire 1TB SSD, the last one was just yesterday.

Website · Post by **Moem** » Mon May 29, 2023 4:21 am

AZgl1800 wrote: ⤴Mon May 29, 2023 3:56 am I know that there are some Anal folks who claim that me using /Backup as a dedicated partition on the same SSD as the OS is reckless

Nah... it's not reckless. It protects the system just fine against dodgy updates, ill-advised installations and user error.
It doesn't protect against total drive failure, but then you are aware of that, and that's rarer anyway.

linux-rox · Post by **linux-rox** » Mon May 29, 2023 11:37 am

What Moem said. Timeshift is intended for system restore, not backup. Meanwhile, system backup is better done with other tools, imho.

AZgl1800 · Post by **AZgl1800** » Mon May 29, 2023 12:16 pm

Sigh,
just woke up from my irregularly Scheduled Nap Time, didn't go to sleep until 4:00 am and now it is 12 noon....

the laptop is never turned OFF, the Screen Blanker just turns off the screen, I avoid
* sleep mode
* suspend
* hibernate
like they are poison, and in my Opinion, that is exactly what all of those Options are, Danger Zone.

it is always on the AC Adapter.... anyhow, the Low Disk Space warning was in my face when I moved the mouse and the Screen lit up....

AND

Sure would like to know why the Low Disk Space is always appearing

and the NVME drive where Grub is

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