Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Ships with Annoying Disk Partition Error

high-risk intelligence greeted new Dell Inspiron Mini 9 owner this week , in the contour of a sectionalization mistake that fix the amount of available platter outer space on the auto ’s 8 GB and 16 GB solid body politic thrust . The problem define the machines to using only 4 GB of space , regardless of movement sizing , and only affected machines that ship with Ubuntu Linux . concord toLiliputing , the consequence occurred because Dell was using the same disc image to arrange every machine that shipped with Ubuntu , regardless of existent disk size of it . Lazy ! But there ’s option , hoi polloi , so interpret on .

Linux program line line ninjas can check the size of their Inspiron Mini ’s partition by following a few simple steps . Open a terminal and enter the sudo fdisk -l dictation , and embark your password . You ’ll be greeted with the image above , as well an accurate size of it of your partition .

Dell , for its part , is send updated machines that fix this issue . Existing owner looking for a location have a few options , says Liliputing :

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If you have a USB DVD drive , you’re able to employ the organization restore record to reinstall Dell ’s custom variation of Ubuntu . It will reformat the entire drive .

Or you’re able to attempt to resize your partitions . The easiest direction to do this is probably to download and install Parted Magic to a USB flash crusade and then boot from that drive . die hard the gParted partition handler and you should see the 4 GB segmentation that Ubuntu is installed on and 8 or 12 GB of idle space . Just grab the edge of the 4 GB partition and drag it resize the partition , spare your changes and reboot .

Of course , these DIY fixes start the chance of wipe off your O , so maybe this is one of those customer financial support times . Unless you live and breathe Ubuntu . Then , by all means , hack off . [ Ubuntu MiniviaLiliputing ]

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