Ubuntu hard drive

[fightingfi]

Noob at Ubuntu how do i check the size of my ssd without pulling the laptop apart to see it plz. I forgot what size it is have had it installed for about 2 yrs now think im running low on space. Version 15.10

 

[rowdypixel]

You can use the System Monitor to check the disk size.

Check how much disk space is left

 

[4saken]

df -h

 

[Drudenhaus]

df -h

df shows file system usage. Unless you know the disk is partitioned with a single partition using all available disk space, it's safer to use something like parted, fdisk, or smartctl:

sean-laptop sean # parted /dev/sda print
Model: ATA SAMSUNG MZ7TD256 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 256GB
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sean-laptop sean # fdisk -l /dev/sda
Disk /dev/sda: 238.5 GiB, 256060514304 bytes, 500118192 sectors
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sean-laptop sean # smartctl -i /dev/sda
smartctl 6.4 2015-06-04 r4109 [x86_64-linux-4.5.0-gentoo] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-15, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model:     SAMSUNG MZ7TD256HAFV-000L9
Serial Number:    S17LNSAF256416
LU WWN Device Id: 5 002538 500000000
Firmware Version: DXT02L5Q
User Capacity:    256,060,514,304 bytes [256 GB]
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The kernel messages will generally include the size of the disk during device detection as well:

sean@sean-laptop ~ $ grep sda /var/log/dmesg 
[    0.000000] Command line: root=/dev/sda1 video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap vga=0x31A
[    0.000000] Kernel command line: root=/dev/sda1 video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap vga=0x31A
[    2.202132] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 500118192 512-byte logical blocks: (256 GB/238 GiB)
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[BulletDust]

You can use the System Monitor to check the disk size.

Check how much disk space is left

Just use this method.

The terminal is something best used when it's actually beneficial to use it. in every other instance we run a modern OS now and the GUI works just fine.