# About disk partitioning **URL:** \ **Category:** SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop\ **Created:** [July 12, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/about-disk-partitioning/35140 "2020-07-12T21:07:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nikos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/34f0e0/32.png) [@Nikos](https://forums.suse.com/u/Nikos)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/about-disk-partitioning/35140/1 "2020-07-12T21:07:46Z")
Hello there. I have recently installed SLED SP1 on my laptop. Everything has been running flawlessly, but I cannot understand the way my SSD is partitioned. I have a 256 GB SSD, of which only a small part is devoted to my files, whereas the majority called XFS remains empty. Why is this happening? As you may have guessed, I chose the suggested partitioning during the installation. Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/about-disk-partitioning/35140/2 "2020-07-12T21:20:35Z")
Hi Can you show the output from; ```auto lsblk mount ``` ---
**Author:** ![Nikos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/34f0e0/32.png) [@Nikos](https://forums.suse.com/u/Nikos)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/about-disk-partitioning/35140/3 "2020-07-12T21:41:41Z")
Unfortunately, I have been away from home and will not have access to my laptop till Thursday. I will check what you suggested then. Thanks for your immediate response anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Nikos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/34f0e0/32.png) [@Nikos](https://forums.suse.com/u/Nikos)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/about-disk-partitioning/35140/4 "2020-07-16T16:20:41Z")
Hello again. Here is the output you asked for: nikos@linux-kry5:~\> lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT nvme0n1 259:0 0 238.5G 0 disk ??nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 500M 0 part /boot/efi ??nvme0n1p2 259:2 0 40G 0 part /boot/grub2/i386-pc ??nvme0n1p3 259:3 0 190.3G 0 part /home ??nvme0n1p4 259:4 0 7.7G 0 part [SWAP] nikos@linux-kry5:~\> mount sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) devtmpfs on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,nosuid,size=3885624k,nr\_inodes=971406,mode=755) securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000) tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,mode=755) tmpfs on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,mode=755) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/unified type cgroup2 (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,xattr,name=systemd) pstore on /sys/fs/pstore type pstore (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) efivarfs on /sys/firmware/efi/efivars type efivarfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,blkio) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/net\_cls,net\_prio type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,net\_cls,net\_prio) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/memory type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,memory) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/perf\_event type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,perf\_event) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpu,cpuacct) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/hugetlb type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,hugetlb) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/rdma type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,rdma) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuset) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/pids type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,pids) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/devices type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,devices) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,freezer) /dev/nvme0n1p2 on / type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space\_cache,subvolid=267,subvol=/@/.snapshots/1/snapshot) debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,relatime) hugetlbfs on /dev/hugepages type hugetlbfs (rw,relatime) systemd-1 on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt\_misc type autofs (rw,relatime,fd=32,pgrp=1,timeout=0,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct,pipe\_ino=14997) mqueue on /dev/mqueue type mqueue (rw,relatime) /dev/nvme0n1p2 on /opt type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space\_cache,subvolid=263,subvol=/@/opt) /dev/nvme0n1p2 on /root type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space\_cache,subvolid=262,subvol=/@/root) /dev/nvme0n1p1 on /boot/efi type vfat (rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro) /dev/nvme0n1p2 on /.snapshots type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space\_cache,subvolid=266,subvol=/@/.snapshots) /dev/nvme0n1p2 on /boot/grub2/x86\_64-efi type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space\_cache,subvolid=264,subvol=/@/boot/grub2/x86\_64-efi) /dev/nvme0n1p3 on /home type xfs (rw,relatime,attr2,inode64,noquota) /dev/nvme0n1p2 on /tmp type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space\_cache,subvolid=260,subvol=/@/tmp) /dev/nvme0n1p2 on /usr/local type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space\_cache,subvolid=259,subvol=/@/usr/local) /dev/nvme0n1p2 on /srv type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space\_cache,subvolid=261,subvol=/@/srv) /dev/nvme0n1p2 on /var type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space\_cache,subvolid=258,subvol=/@/var) /dev/nvme0n1p2 on /boot/grub2/i386-pc type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space\_cache,subvolid=265,subvol=/@/boot/grub2/i386-pc) tmpfs on /run/user/463 type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=780800k,mode=700,uid=463,gid=465) tmpfs on /run/user/1000 type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=780800k,mode=700,uid=1000,gid=100) gvfsd-fuse on /run/user/1000/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user\_id=1000,group\_id=100) fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw,relatime) tracefs on /sys/kernel/debug/tracing type tracefs (rw,relatime) nikos@linux-kry5:~\> Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/about-disk-partitioning/35140/5 "2020-07-16T20:21:51Z")
Hi So it didn’t allocate all disk space during install (likely selected system defaults?), you could extend /home (p3) or just create a p5 and give it a mount point like sat stuff? ---
**Author:** ![Nikos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/34f0e0/32.png) [@Nikos](https://forums.suse.com/u/Nikos)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/about-disk-partitioning/35140/6 "2020-07-16T20:26:15Z")
Thanks. I’m also considering choosing MBR instead of UEFI for the imminent installation of SP2, so I’ll keep everything in the same partition. ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/about-disk-partitioning/35140/7 "2020-07-16T23:13:26Z")
Hi I would stick with UEFI, I have SP2 running here fine with UEFI and it’s the way going forward. If secure boot is an issue, just disable and use the normal efi file rather than shim. ---
**Author:** ![Nikos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/34f0e0/32.png) [@Nikos](https://forums.suse.com/u/Nikos)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 6:44am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/about-disk-partitioning/35140/8 "2020-07-17T06:44:57Z")
OK, I’ll follow your advice.