Thread: [Debian] ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
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elschemm is offline elschemm
2009-08-31 , 12:53
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#786
Originally Posted by dantonic View Post
I think you're supposed to just uninstall the debian package, and then you delete the image file.

I have a question for others, I am not sure if this issue is related to installing/uninstalling multiple times easy debian and mer, I found that the total usable size of my 8GB SD card has been reduced considerably, it now only holds about 6 Gigs...

Is there a way to gain that storage back without having to format the card? What would cause that?
From a cmd prompt, what does df -k say for the card (look for wherever your card is mounted)?

If the first number (the amount of storage available) is close to 8G, then you just have a really big file there. Did you maybe forget to delete the imgfile once you expanded it out (assuming you did so). It's about 2G.

Otherwise, try popping the card and running gparted on it from a Linux box. It will tell you the partition sizes and location pretty easily. You can also do the resize if you have somehow 'lost' part of the card.

Note: if you don't have Linux, grab vmware player and an ubuntu machine and do it that way.