Solved I need help with Debian Linux.

[User_348]

Hello. So when I install Debian Linux on an NVME SSD, it takes up 2X the space of a single Debian installation, and it also shows me two Debian boot drives in the Bios. I've tried formatting the SSD in various formats, but the same thing happens again, and I don't know what else to do. Can you help me? Thank you.

 

[f33dm3bits]

If you want someone to help the least you can do is share which iso you used to install and share "df -h" output of your current installation to show how much space is currently being taken, as well as "lsblk -f" output?

 

[User_348]

I use Netins.iso on USB.

 

[kc1di]

Hello @User_348 Welcome to the Linux.org forum.

I don't see where there are two debian partitions only one and it's only using 3% of the partition. So I'm a little puzzled that you think it taking up too much space.
Go to a terminal and type this command and post the output back here.

inxi -Fxxzr

Note you may have to install inxi first.

 

[User_348]

I see also. But KDE System Monitor show 53.2GB used space. Here is picture from that command.

 

[CaffeineAddict]

KDE System Monitor show 53.2GB used space

System monitor in KDE shows and sums up all drives.

shows me two Debian boot drives in the Bios

Could be if you didn't format EFI partition.

 

[User_348]

I just make a new fresh Debian install. There is picture from Bios and OS.

 

[Condobloke]

This has to be a result of some form of malfunction from using a netins.iso

I have never used that approach so cannot help, but,,,,take a second look....there has to be a (hopefully) logical reason for it doubling up (or worse) on the promised frugal install.

In the interim, You could always go the traditional route and load the .iso to a usb stick and follow the well trodden path...

 

[User_348]

Alright I will try another way. Thank you.

 

[theLegionWithin]

I see also. But KDE System Monitor show 53.2GB used space. Here is picture from that command.

for things like this there's a shell utility I like named dysk --> https://github.com/Canop/dysk

 

[Brickwizard]

sorry but I see nothing wrong with any of the reports you post, the last one will be the usual l boot options 1] normal boot. and 2] advanced boot

your [inxi report] on post#5, clearly shows 1 drive with 2 partitions containing 1 distribution, IF you had 2 distributions it would take up over 50gb of space on partition 1

 

[User_348]

Thank you all for help.

 

[User_348]

sorry but I see nothing wrong with any of the reports you post, the last one will be the usual l boot options 1] normal boot. and 2] advanced boot

your [inxi report] on post#5, clearly shows 1 drive with 2 partitions containing 1 distribution, IF you had 2 distributions it would take up over 50gb of space on partition 1

I had Windows 11 before Debian.

 

[f33dm3bits]

I use Netins.iso on USB.

I use Netins.iso on USB.

I see also. But KDE System Monitor show 53.2GB used space. Here is picture from that command.

It shows 26G used in both the "df -h" outut and in the "inxi" output you shared. Nothing strange about that.

Most likely what @CaffeineAddict mentioned.

System monitor in KDE shows and sums up all drives.

I just make a new fresh Debian install. There is picture from Bios and OS.

As a reply to that picture where you see Debian mentioned twice. The only thing I can think of is that you have a second disk in your system where you might have also installed Debian or something like that. But can't know that for sure because you cut out the screenshot of "lsblk -f" to only show that specific disk.

This has to be a result of some form of malfunction from using a netins.iso

More likely a misunderstanding of the KDE System monitor output vs the df and inxi output because the latter two show the same amount of space used for / which is 26G.

 

[Brickwizard]

not a problem, here is my inxi

partition:
ID-1: / size: 225.33 GiB used: 104.65 GiB (46.4%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 285.4 MiB used: 5.8 MiB (2.0%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1

 

[User_348]

It shows 26G used in both the "df -h" outut and in the "inxi" output you shared. Nothing strange about that.

Most likely what @CaffeineAddict mentioned.



As a reply to that picture where you see Debian mentioned twice. The only thing I can think of is that you have a second disk in your system where you might have also installed Debian or something like that. But can't know that for sure because you cut out the screenshot of "lsblk -f" to only show that specific disk.


More likely a misunderstanding of the KDE System monitor output vs the df and inxi output because the latter two show the same amount of space used for / which is 26G.

I only have one disk, which is this SSD. From all this, it looks like everything is fine with my Linux installation. Thanks everyone for your help.

 

[wizardfromoz]

From all this, it looks like everything is fine with my Linux installation.

No, actually, but don't panic.

Welcome to linux.org @User_348

Four of the folks above are my good friends, so they will know I mean no offence when I say to three of them that there is no way known a fresh Debian install should take up 26 GiB. It should consume less than half that.

Brian @Condobloke is likely closest to the money with what he says at #8

That being said, I have not used netinst,iso, nor do I have an NVMe SSD.

I do have an M2 SSD and both internal and external SATA hard drives, so I will run some tests for comparison.

Allow for my being on east coast Australia.

Cheers

Chris Turner
wizardfromoz

PS I will choose KDE Plasma for the DE (desktop environment) as it will likely take up the most space, but if you get a chance @User_348 you could let me now which one you chose?

 

[f33dm3bits]

I only have one disk, which is this SSD

I'm still curious to to know. Can you share the output of the following, as text and not in a screenshot?

efibootmgr

If it's not installed you will have to install it with "apt install efibootmgr" first.

 

[wizardfromoz]

Just dropping in before signing off.

Installed via netinst method

chris@DebianNetinst:~$ df -h
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev            7.7G     0  7.7G   0% /dev
tmpfs           1.6G  2.0M  1.6G   1% /run
/dev/sdb8        20G  6.8G   12G  37% /
tmpfs           7.7G     0  7.7G   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs           5.0M  8.0K  5.0M   1% /run/lock
/dev/sdb1       1.5G  187M  1.4G  13% /boot/efi
tmpfs           1.6G  2.5M  1.6G   1% /run/user/1000

GParted has it as 8.04 GiB but that would include formatting, so say 7 - 7.5 GB.

More on my tomorrow

 

[Brickwizard]

GParted has it as 8.04

that sound low to me. I expect a full Linux including the popular apps to be between 12 and 25 gb, but thats my expectations,