Re: Strange statistics from gparted

["Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net>]

Hi,

Richard Owlett wrote:
> > I am experimenting with custom installs of MATE on Debian 10.7 .
> > [...]
> > I have a default install with / on sda1.
> > The custom install has / on sda2.
> > [...]
> > When running gparted from the first, it reports
> >   sda1 used space is 3.85 GB
> >   sda2 used space is 2.25 GB
> > When running gparted from the second, it reports
> >   sda1 used space is 4.77 GB
> >   sda2 used space is 1.80 GB

Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> Based on the limited information available my best guess is that you are
> looking at different disk drives as the device names can change between
> boots.

If this turns out to be not the case:

- Can it be that MATE stores a large amount of data when it gets shut down
  and deletes the files after a new startup ?
  (The respective active /-filesystem's usage seems to be smaller than
   the inactive /-filesystem.)

- What does "du -s" tell about the mounted filesystems in both situations ?


Have a nice day :)

Thomas