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Ok I want to know how much diskspace you really need. So I installed Fedora 16 in a VMware player virtual machine with 20 GB harddisk. Here is the result according to the [[command]] [[df]]:
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This article is about how much diskspace is used by a Linux installation. To find out free diskspace on your computer, use the [[command]] [[df]].
  
 
* harddisk size: 20 GB
 
* harddisk size: 20 GB

Revision as of 11:24, 11 January 2013

This article is about how much diskspace is used by a Linux installation. To find out free diskspace on your computer, use the command df.

  • harddisk size: 20 GB
  • after partitioning and formatting: 18 GB
  • after installing default Fedora 16: 15 GB

On the root file system, 2.3 GB are used according to the command df. The / file system is ext4.